Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An estimated quarter of traditional Medicare beneficiaries with dementia are prescribed risky, brain-altering drugs despite years ...

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A study has revealed that commonly prescribed medications may increase the risk of dementia, according to scientific research. The research suggests that regular use of certain widely-prescribed drugs ...

Recent studies have sparked warnings regarding commonly prescribed medications that could hike the risk of dementia. The research indicates that drugs widely used for bladder conditions, Parkinson's ...

Ashley Wong, PharmD, is an experienced pharmacist and medical writer who translates medical and drug information into easily digestible language. Effect on memory: Benzodiazepines are known to affect ...

Esther Landhuis is a journalist in the San Francisco Bay Area. She holds a Ph.D. in immunology and covers biomedicine in all dimensions, from bench discoveries to biotech to health care. Alzheimer’s ...

Dr. Scott Turner does his best to treat patients with memory disorders such as dementia. While there are treatments that may temporarily help, there's no cure for dementia, which is why a new study is ...

A total of 56.2% of Danish patients with dementia experienced polypharmacy — using five or more prescription drugs, according to a February study published in Alzheimer’s Research & Therapy.

Medications commonly used to treat dementia could result in harmful weight loss, according to UC San Francisco researchers, and clinicians need to account for this risk when prescribing these drugs to ...

Alzheimer’s Research UK renews its flagship Drug Discovery Alliance with significant investment at a pivotal moment for ...

A bill introduced in the Nebraska Legislature would require insurers to cover FDA-approved Alzheimer's drugs for the 35,000+ residents impacted. Nebraska would become the second state to do so.