News tagged with dementia drugs
Nursing home residents with dementia: Antidepressants are associated with increased risk of falling
Nursing home residents with dementia who use average doses of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are three times more likely to have an injurious fall than similar people who don't use these drugs. The association ...
Jan 19, 2012 |
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New study challenges accepted approaches to research in senile dementia
Impacting millions of families and devouring billions of dollars globally, Alzheimer's disease is the focus of exhaustive research to find a cure. Although intensely investigated over the last three decades using cutting-edge ...
Nov 07, 2011 |
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Humor as effective as medication in treating agitation in dementia
Humour therapy is as effective as widely used antipsychotic drugs in managing agitation in patients with dementia – and avoids serious drug side effects, a new study shows.
Sep 21, 2011 |
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Reassurance for dementia sufferers on impact of common drugs
Researchers whose findings on the detrimental impact of some common medicines on elderly people were widely reported earlier in the summer have found that taking a few of these medicines does not appear to cause further cognitive ...
Sep 18, 2011 |
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Push underway to cut drugs for dementia patients
Day after day, Hazel Eng sat on her couch, a blank stare on her face. The powerful antipsychotics she was taking often cloaked her in sedation. And when they didn't, the 89-year-old lashed out at her nursing home's aides ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Sep 14, 2011 |
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Study: Many Europeans have mental disorders
(AP) -- Some 38 percent of Europeans, or 165 million people, suffer from mental illness or neurological disorders on a broad spectrum ranging from anxiety to dementia, a new study published Tuesday says. Most are not being ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 06, 2011 |
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Model of enigmatic Alzheimer's protein described for first time
Yale School of Medicine researchers have described for the first time the structure of a member in an enigmatic family of proteins linked to Alzheimer's disease, a crucial early step in understanding key mechanisms ...
Jul 18, 2011 |
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Understanding the link between HIV and dementia
(Medical Xpress) -- HIV can hide out in the brain, protected from the immune system and antiviral drugs, Dr. Lachlan Gray and his colleagues at Monash University and the Burnet Institute have found.
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jun 29, 2011 |
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Thousands of patients prescribed high-risk drugs
Thousands of patients in Scotland who are particularly vulnerable to adverse drug events (ADEs) were prescribed high-risk medications by their GPs which could potentially cause them harm, according to research published in ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jun 22, 2011 |
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Cancer drug holds promise as first treatment for common, inherited dementia
A drug already approved for people with cancer shows early potential as a therapy for a common form of dementia, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers report.
Jun 01, 2011 |
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Use of atypical antipsychotics in treatment of dementia declined after FDA warning
A warning issued by the Food and Drug Administration regarding the use of atypical antipsychotics for the treatment of dementia was associated with a significant decline in the use of these medications for treating dementia ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 07, 2011 |
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UK cancer fund is not the victory for patient groups that some believe
The lead Editorial is this week's Lancet criticises the UK Government's announcement of an emergency cancer fund, and saying that is not the victory for patient groups that some believe.
Aug 05, 2010 |
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One-in-six elderly dementia patients receiving anti-psychotic drugs
More than one in six elderly patients across Scotland with dementia are being prescribed anti-psychotic drugs known to be of limited benefit and causing significant harm, a major study carried out at the University of Dundee ...
Jul 23, 2010 |
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Alzheimer's advances show need for better drugs
Scientists are reporting advances in detecting and predicting Alzheimer's disease at a conference in Honolulu this week, plus more proof that getting enough exercise and vitamin D may lower your risk.
Jul 12, 2010 |
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The Medicare donut hole: Now you're covered, now you're not
If you're older, a woman, and suffering from either dementia or diabetes, you are the most likely to be exposed to unsubsidized medication costs in the US. This is known as the coverage gap for enrollees of Medicare Part ...
Mar 25, 2010 |
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