St George’s University. UK: Scientists are to explore whether drugs usually used to treat erectile
problems by expanding blood vessels could become the next major way to
tackle the dementia epidemic. Experts led by Dr Atticus Hainsworth at St
George’s, University of London, will explore whether tadalafil, which is
a drug in the same class as Viagra, could help prevent vascular
dementia by increasing blood flow to the brain.
Vascular dementia is the second most common form of dementia and accounts for around 110,000 cases of dementia in the UK.