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Diabetes drug could hold back Alzheimer’s, New Study

Diabetes drug could hold back Alzheimer's, New Study

A previous study found diabetes drug liraglutide may reverse some damage caused in later phases of the disease Patients over 50 with early Alzheimer’s are now being recruited for the research which is taking place between Addenbrooke’s and Fulbourn Hospital and being co-ordinated locally by Dr Ben Underwood, from Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust.

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Dancer, 102, sees film of herself for 1st time (Video)

Dancer, 102, sees film of herself for 1st time (Video)

A 102-year-old Harlem Renaissance dancer sees her young self on film for the first time. Alice Barker was a chorus dancer during the Harlem Renaissance of the 1930s and 40s. She danced with legends including Frank Sinatra, Gene Kelly, and Bill ‘Bojangles’ Robinson, at famous venues such as The Apollo, the Cotton Club, and the Zanzibar Club.

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