Pig proteins may help dementia patients: study

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A drug containing purified brain proteins derived from pigs may yield modest improvements in patients whose dementia is caused by a lack of blood flow to parts of the brain, according to a new analysis. Researchers in China pulled together results from six randomized controlled trials of Cerebrolysin and found that the drug slightly improved vascular dementia patients’ scores on two tests that measure mental impairment. …