"This discovery is a huge step forward in our efforts to prevent dementia and neurovascular diseases." ...
While all medications carry potential side effects, certain types have been shown to increase the risk of falls, confusion ...
About 25% of Medicare beneficiaries with dementia were prescribed high-risk central nervous system (CNS) – active medications associated with falls, confusion and hospitalizations between 2013 and ...
Despite longstanding guidelines, many dementia patients are still prescribed brain-altering medications that can raise the ...
New research from Case Western Reserve University was recently heralded as a big step forward in the fight to not only slow but reverse the effects of ...
Despite years of clinical guidelines warning against the practice, one in four Medicare beneficiaries with dementia is ...
New research indicates that individuals living with dementia are being treated with potent antipsychotic medications for periods exceeding recommended guidelines. The study further suggests that ...
Researchers are sounding the alarm on dangerous stimulant medications commonly prescribed to dementia patients in the U.S.
DEAR DR. GOTT: I am writing to thank you from the bottom of my heart for writing the article about Seroquel being risky for elderly patients. My wife is 82 years old and has had dementia for many ...
"Life is taken away from these children before they even have a chance to live it," says Megan Kempf of her two children, who ...