Are we winning the battle against dementia?

Media stories need careful reading, especially when they are hugely exciting

The story in the news yesterday that a new Alzheimer's drug can stop the disease's progression shows how carefully we have to approach popularised media stories.

No one would argue with the personal and societal cost of the particular type of progressive dementia first described by Alois Alzheimer, which bears his name.

Despite its impact, the road to fi…