The researchers, whose work is published in the journal Science, suggest that the compounds might delay onset of the disease - but only when administered prior to or in the early stages of infection.
Five drugs that do this are on the market, but they only delay the onset of dementia.
"If you can delay the onset by three, four, six, seven or 10 years, it's proof of the principle, " he said.
High-quality preventive care helps Americans stay healthy, avoid or delay the onset of disease, lead productive lives and help reduce costs.
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Medicines to delay the onset of the disease, slow its progression and, yes, prevent it, can bend the federal health care cost curve downward.
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This program joins private and public partners together in encouraging lifestyle changes that can prevent or delay the onset of Type 2 diabetes among those who are at high risk.
Late last year, the drug chalked up a medical first when it became the first drug to delay the onset of bone metastases in high-risk prostate cancer patients who were failing hormone therapy.
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On the other hand, if Washington were to delay the onset of the tax and spending changes, it could be somewhat positive for short-term economic growth, but extremely negative for the longer term.
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For years, Mr Pitt was the lead counsel for Wall Street's trade group, the Securities Industry Association, in its largely successful attempts to delay the onset of competition from commercial banks on equal terms.
At present it can take anything from an 18 month to a two year delay from the onset of schizophrenia to people getting help.
In a study, his group found that DHA fatty acids from fish oil could delay or deter the onset of Alzheimer's disease in rats or older mice that had been genetically altered to develop the condition.
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Or more likely a delay in diagnosis which might have resulted in (maybe) an expensive onset of the disease.
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