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Pilot anticholinergic deprescribing scheme found that memory assessment in patients with reduced anticholinergic load improved significantly after two weeks

Written by | 9 Mar 2024

Much has been written about deprescribing of medicines with anticholinergic effects to reduce overall anticholinergic burden and it is widely recommended as a way to reduce cognitive impairment, […]

Erectile dysfunction drugs appear to reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s

Written by | 13 Feb 2024

Phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors (PDE5Is) used to treat erectile dysfunction might also reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s disease onset, researchers reported on Feb. 7, 2024 in Neurology. “Although […]

Number of dementia cases could be 42% higher than previously estimated by 2040

Written by | 29 Oct 2023

Up to 1.7 million people could be living with dementia in England and Wales by 2040 – over 40% more than previously forecast – finds a new UCL-led […]

Are antipsychotic drugs being appropriately prescribed to homebound patients with dementia?

Written by | 8 Sep 2023

New research published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society indicates that antipsychotics are likely overprescribed and used inappropriately among patients with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD) receiving […]

Google & ChatGPT have mixed results in medical information queries

Written by | 3 Aug 2023

When you need accurate information about a serious illness, should you go to Google or ChatGPT? An interdisciplinary study led by University of California, Riverside, computer scientists found […]

Hearings aids reduce risk of dementia

Written by | 14 Apr 2023

People with hearing loss who do not use hearing aids appear to be at a higher risk of developing dementia than people with hearing loss who use hearing […]

Taking vitamin D could help prevent dementia

Written by | 12 Apr 2023

Taking vitamin D supplements may help ward off dementia, according to a new, large-scale study by scientists in the UK and Canada, using data from US patients. Based […]

Vitamin D supplementation appears to reduce dementia incidence

Written by | 16 Mar 2023

Researchers at the University of Calgary in Canada and the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom explored the relationship between vitamin D supplementation and dementia in more […]

Diabetes drug appears to help prevent dementia

Written by | 19 Feb 2023

New research shows that patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes who received treatment with the diabetes drug pioglitazone were less likely to go on to develop dementia […]

Study explores links between people taking multiple medications and dementia diagnosis

Written by | 13 Oct 2022

People with dementia are likely to have taken more than three medications for other health conditions in the five years directly before their diagnosis, according to new research. […]

Daily multivitamin may improve cognition and possibly protect against decline

Written by | 27 Sep 2022

Could taking a daily multivitamin help maintain cognitive health with aging and possibly prevent cognitive decline? According to new research from Wake Forest University School of Medicine, conducted in collaboration […]

Mental disorders linked to subsequent dementia

Written by | 2 Mar 2022

A decades-long New Zealand national data base study suggests an association between mental disorders and subsequent dementia. The findings were published on February 16, 2022 in JAMA Psychiatry. […]

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