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Dementia drugs may put some patients at risk, study shows
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May 27, 2009 |
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Side effects associated with several commonly-prescribed dementia drugs may be putting elderly Canadians at risk, says Queen's University Geriatrics professor Sudeep Gill.
All types of antipsychotic drugs increase the risk of stroke
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Aug 29, 2008 |
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All drugs used to treat psychosis are linked to an increased risk of stroke, and dementia sufferers are at double the risk, according to a study published on bmj.com today.
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Dual treatment of incontinence and dementia associated with functional decline
Apr 30, 2008 |
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Older nursing home residents who took medications for dementia and incontinence at the same time had a 50 percent faster decline in function than those who were being treated only for dementia, according to a study from researchers ...
HIV subtype linked to increased likelihood for dementia
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Aug 28, 2009 |
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Patients infected with a particular subtype of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, are more likely to develop dementia than patients with other subtypes, a study led by Johns Hopkins researchers shows. The finding, reported ...
Ibuprofen linked to reduced risk of Alzheimer's disease
May 05, 2008 |
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Long-term use of ibuprofen and other drugs commonly used for aches and pains was associated with a lower risk of Alzheimer’s disease, according to a study published in the May 6, 2008, issue of Neurology, the medical journa ...
New tool can help predict risk of Alzheimer's in elderly
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
May 13, 2009 |
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A new tool can help predict whether people age 65 and older have a high risk of developing Alzheimer's disease. Research on the tool is published in the May 13, 2009, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the ...
Unravelling the pathology of dementia
Nov 10, 2009 |
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Combination therapies to tackle multiple changes in the brain may be needed to combat the growing problem of dementia in ageing societies, according to a study published this week in the open access journal PLoS Medicine. The st ...
PET scans may improve accuracy of dementia diagnosis
Jun 15, 2009 |
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A new study shows that the use of positron emission tomography (PET) scans may improve the accuracy of dementia diagnoses early in disease onset for more than one out of four patients.
Statins may protect against memory loss
Jul 28, 2008 |
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People at high risk for dementia who took cholesterol-lowering statins are half as likely to develop dementia as those who do not take statins, a new study shows.
Antipsychotic drugs increase risk of developing pneumonia in elderly
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Apr 15, 2008 |
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Elderly patients who use antipsychotic drugs have a 60 percent increased risk of developing pneumonia compared to non-users. This risk is highest in the first week following prescription and decreases gradually thereafter. ...
Pain relievers seem not to prevent Alzheimer's disease in the very elderly
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Apr 22, 2009 |
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A new study shows that nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), such as the pain relievers ibuprofen and naproxen, do not prevent Alzheimer's disease or other forms of dementia. Instead, the risk of developing dementia ...
Risk of abnormally slow heart rate twice as high in those taking drugs to slow Alzheimer's
Oct 01, 2009 |
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People taking one of several drugs commonly prescribed to treat Alzheimer's disease are more likely to be hospitalized for a potentially serious condition called bradycardia than patients not taking these medications.
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