A report by the AARP has found that most dementia patients—around 70 percent—are kept on prescription drugs much longer than they’ve been found to be…
A drug group known as benzodiazepines—commonly referred to as ‘benzos’—has been linked to an increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease, according to a new study….
We know that as much as 50 percent of dementia patients experience regular pain. But does providing a common painkiller help or hurt patients?…
Could an aspirin a day keep dementia away? A new study has added to the list of evidence that anti-inflammatories like aspirin might be…
Long-term use of certain drugs, some of them used to treat depression, has been linked to an increase in dementia risk in a study…
Jasja De Smedt Kotterman, whose mother died of Alzheimer’s in 2017, said she was always fearful that her mother was in pain toward the end…
Any Alzheimer’s drug under development has a complicated journey from formulation to clinical trials to potentially getting in the hands of patients. We spoke…