Medication not specifically for Alzheimer’s may also ... has found that antipsychotic drugs prescribed to dementia patients cause more side effects than previously thought. They are believed to ...

There is also some evidence that memantine is effective for treatment of vascular ... care practices for people with dementia. This summary can be used as a patient education tool for people ...

In today's health headlines, why cognitive assessments are so important if you are concerned about Alzheimer's and what to ...

The use of SGLT2 inhibitors vs DDP-4 inhibitors is associated with a reduced risk of developing different types of dementia.

The complexity of managing these comorbidities makes it harder to identify cognitive decline as a distinct symptom of ...

The NIH is funding a University of Oklahoma study on whether dementia patients' end-of-life care aligns with their wishes.

A new treatment room for dementia patients has been established in Wallingford. Dr Dan Casey, who specialises in dementia in his full-time role for the NHS, has begun offering a pioneering ...

Mental capacity assessments were often overlooked, and treatment options presented to patients with dementia were often limited to either forgoing treatment entirely or proceeding with surgery under ...

Emerging evidence suggests a link between salivary metabolite changes and neurodegenerative dementia, with antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) implicated in its pathogenesis.We investigated the effects of a ...

Researchers from DZNE and University Magdeburg have identified individuals with increased risk for dementia using mobility data, recorded during a smartphone-based wayfinding task on the university ...

The five-year journey Ed Mezzanotte and his wife, Lorraine, traveled before she died from Alzheimer’s was marked by heartache ...