A research team from the Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy, LKS Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An estimated quarter of traditional Medicare beneficiaries with dementia are prescribed risky, brain-altering drugs despite years ...

A recent study shows that combining magnetic brain scans with computer models can safely measure how dementia medications affect living human brains. This approach could replace invasive tests and ...

Some medications could have the unintended benefit of reducing dementia risk. That’s according to a recent study by the universities of Cambridge and Exeter, where researchers evaluated several ...

For decades, dementia, especially Alzheimer’s disease, was treated as untouchable. Families watched loved ones fade, doctors could offer only reassurance and coping strategies, and research seemed to ...

False diagnoses are used to mask inappropriate use of antipsychotic drugs on patients with dementia, a practice called chemical restraint, a government watchdog report said.

In the brain, Alzheimer’s is characterized by two proteins, amyloid beta and tau, that become dysfunctional, forming plaques ...

Nursing homes misuse antipsychotic drugs for dementia patients, disguise practice as schizophrenia treatment, watchdog finds.

A considerable proportion of adults with MCI or dementia develop new cardiovascular indications for anticoagulant and thrombolytic drugs.

Share on Pinterest A new study found that certain diabetes medications could help lower the risk of neurodegenerative diseases. FG Trade/Getty Images A team of scientists in Korea recently ...