Alzheimer's dementia accounts for about 50% to 80% of dementia cases, vascular dementia for 20% to 30%, Lewy body dementia ...

For the millions of people worldwide living with dementia, medication management presents unique challenges. While certain drugs help manage symptoms and slow cognitive decline, others can ...

A Michigan family’s dispute over sedating medications highlights the risks, challenges, and difficult care decisions ...

Research conducted by the University of Cambridge and the University of Exeter examined large datasets to uncover correlations between medications and cognitive health. The findings suggest that ...

Psychotropic medications commonly used to treat posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are associated with increased risk for dementia in older veterans, new research shows. "Patients diagnosed with ...

A study of 1.4 million women links pregnancy complications to later heart, diabetes, and kidney risk. What to tell your doctor at checkups. A national study of 4,523 U.S. adults with dementia linked ...

Alzheimer’s disease and dementia are some of the hardest diseases to tackle in clinical research and clinical care, as these are not conditions we can currently cure, and the need is only growing.

A new study suggests that long-term use of common cardiovascular drugs might be associated with a reduced risk of dementia in older adults. This finding published in Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The ...

Two undergraduate medicine students at University of Galway have led a major study examining how cardioprotective glucose-lowering therapies—medications that lower blood sugar and reduce the risk of ...

People were about 19 percentage points less likely to recommend life-sustaining treatment for a seriously ill patient with ...

A new study led by University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine researchers finds that adults with ...