Fascinating study that was written about in medical news today and
it has to do with a drug that could potentially and
significantly lower your risk of Alzheimer's.
Now this is a limited study.
Let's be clear about that and it found correlation, not causation.
But the findings are still fascinating and it finds that Viagra might
be the drug that could lower your risk for Alzheimer's.
Now, let's also be clear that the data only applies to men cuz men take Viagra.
So this study found this specific effect in regard to men.
To predict which existing drugs would provide new treatments for Alzheimer's,
the researchers used a computational model that incorporates data about the diseases,
genetics and the involved networks of metabolic pathways.
Now taking into account other considerations,
such as promising results from experiments and
animal models of Alzheimer's Viagra emerged as the most promising candidate.
And what did they find?
Well, they found that when they analyzed insurance claims for
prescriptions, they found that sildenafil which is
Viagra prescriptions were associated with a 69 yes,
69% reduced risk of Alzheimer's and claimants.
>> wow!
>> Right on the nose.
>> Is that what it is?
[CROSSTALK] >> Is it on the nose?
Is that where it is?
So I have fun theories about this.
First of all, there's a trick by the pharmaceutical pharmaceutical companies
don't buy into it.
I take Ivermectin instead.
[LAUGH] >> He's kidding just in case.
>> Yes. For the prescribed reason for Viagra and
the Alzheimer's I've respected.
No.
Alright. So yes, obviously kidding.
At first I had the theory.
It was a fun theory that it wasn't a Viagra.
It's that they were having more sex.
So they were like, I feel pretty good now given the world and
that helped their Alzheimer's.
But no, it turns out that's not.
>> That is not it, it has something to do with proteins, not those proteins,
other proteins which give you the DEETs about right now.
So to confirm that Viagra can affect the underlying mechanism of Alzheimer's.
The researchers tested the drug in a lab on nerve cells that came from individuals
with the disease.
They found that Sildenafil again,
Viagra promoted the growth of new nerve projections and
decreased the accumulation of a protein associated with Alzheimer's in the cells.
It's really fascinating stuff.
But again, I wanna again reiterate that this is something that's
entirely prescribed to men.
So based on the data set that they're dealing with this is really only
applying to men and needs to be studied more, not only to include women,
but also to see if they can find causation.
>> I don't know why my mind is going in this direction, but Donald trump if he got
ahold of this news cuz he said he didn't remember the disinfectant thing.
You take that and you inject it into the body.
And he's like, maybe we could find a way to do that and
you inject it into the mind.
But now in all seriousness guys, this actually could be great news.
And so if they can, it doesn't have to be Viagra,
what they could do is they could figure out what's activating and
that's obviously what they're in the middle of doing now.
And it doesn't have to be just for men, if you find the actual part of Viagra, not
necessarily the entire thing, but the part of Viagra that is causing that effect.
And it's real.
Then you can give just that two men or women.
And it might help a lot with Alzheimer's, which would be a fantastic breakthrough.
>> It would, but I mean, don't you have an erection for
like four hours straight when you take Viagra?
Like they're, they got to do something about that side effect.
>> Do they?
>> Yeah, I think they do.
I mean, who wants to walk around with a stiffy for four hours?
Look if they do find that Viagra works, that's great.
And it's important to prevent Alzheimer's, but
>> They're like, well, good news,
bad news.
You head is gonna be much better off now on the other head.
>> And by the way, I'm exaggerating, I don't know if it's for four hours.
>> I don't know either.
But you still have to deal with that situation for some period of time.
>> I don't know at all.
No, seriously, I haven't taken it.
I'm relatively young.
So I don't know how long it lasts, etc.
But you don't have the erection does not have to come with it.
>> With Viagra?
>> No, I'm saying with the proteins, I don't know if they can isolate it.
You make it a different medicine.
>> Have to.
>> I would imagine.
I don't know.
Or else you're gonna have a bunch of men running around saying that it's
the pattern on the pants.
It's the pleats.
>> [LAUGH] Okay.
Okay. Part.
But the sound effects.
But but listen, if they said to me, hey, you might get Alzheimer's, but
the treatment is Viagra.
What am I gonna do?
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