Diabetes and ADHD drugs to be tested on Alzheimer's patients in new study

• Existing diabetes and ADHD medicines are to be tested on people with Alzheimer's disease in a new UK trial called AD-SMART. • The study will examine whether the drugs can lessen symptoms such as memory and thinking problems and help patients maintain their quality of life. • Angela Bucksey, 67, from Cambridgeshire, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in January, is the first person to begin treatment on the trial. • She told the BBC the disease runs in her family, so her diagnosis was a disappointment rather than a shock.