Healthcare

Dr. Sonja Sophia Kustka unsuccessfully tried to argue that patient privacy and physician–patient privilege precludes her from being forced to send patient records as part of a college investigation.

Two drugs sold in the U.S. can modestly slow worsening of early-stage Alzheimer’s by clearing the brain of one of its hallmarks, a sticky gunk called amyloid. But until now, there haven’t been hints that removing amyloid far earlier—many years before the first symptoms appear—just might postpone the disease.