Antipsychotic use in dementia tied to ‘wide range’ of adverse outcomes
For adults with dementia, antipsychotic use is associated with increased risks for stroke, MI, heart failure, VTE, fracture, pneumonia and acute kidney injury, according to…
For adults with dementia, antipsychotic use is associated with increased risks for stroke, MI, heart failure, VTE, fracture, pneumonia and acute kidney injury, according to…
It’s been suggested that advance care directives and ‘dying with dignity’ be merged so that people, when competent, can direct what they want to happen…
A nurse who was beaten unconscious by a patient with dementia will receive $1.8 million in compensation, after a court found the hospital should not…
Women with a history of pre-eclampsia are nearly twice as likely to develop vascular dementia than those who had normotensive pregnancies, data from over two…
A person’s odds for a dementia diagnosis nearly triple in the first year after a stroke, new research shows. And while this risk does subside…
Five adults in the UK with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease all received contaminated growth hormones from deceased donors during childhood, which scientists are claiming as proof…
As each year ticks by, my family seeks to take over more and more aspects of my life. I’m pretty sure they think I’m losing…
An influential study suggesting hearing aid use in adults with hearing loss was linked with a reduced dementia risk has been retracted by an open-access…
Temporarily disrupting the blood–brain barrier with a focused ultrasound helmet could boost the efficacy of monoclonal antibody treatments for early Alzheimer’s disease, research shows. MRI-guided…
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