This common drug could prevent and even reverse Alzheimer's

A team of researchers at Harvard Medical School has identified a deficiency they believe could be the root cause of Alzheimer’s.

Better yet, they believe a drug could prevent and reverse the crippling disease.

Published in Nature , the findings are based on 10 years of research that includes lab mice and analysis of human brain tissue and blood samples.

Alzheimer’s disease — which affects an estimated 7 million Americans — is notoriously difficult to detect, especially in its initial stages. Proxima Studio – stock.adobe.com

Researchers found that a loss of lithium, a mineral which occurs naturally in the brain, is one of the earliest indicators of the onset of Alzheimer’s — and adding lithium protects it from deteriorating.

“The idea that lithium deficiency could be a cause of Alzh