Today's Health Links August 2, 2013

The future is looking good for drugs designed to combat Alzheimer’s disease. Scientists have unveiled how two classes of drug compounds currently in clinical trials work to fight the disease. Their research suggests that these compounds target the disease-causing peptides with high precision and with minimal side-effects.

Researchers have for the first time identified the mechanism that causes a small, benign polyp to develop into severe invasive bladder cancer.