Effectively treating and preventing this common form of dementia will require a cocktail of drugs and a combination of ...

Common cardiovascular drugs are linked to a lower risk of dementia in older age, according to a new study from Karolinska Institute, published in Alzheimer's & Dementia. Cardiovascular disease and ...

However, recent studies could change how we perceive these drugs after new findings suggest additional perks to these well-known treatments. The connection between various forms of dementia and ...

Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) may not be as well-known as other forms like Alzheimer’s, but is just as devastating, so the discovery that commonly used drugs may reduce the risk of the disease ...

Warnings have been issued over commonly prescribed drugs could increase risk of dementia following a scientific study. Research suggested that regular use of certain types of commonly-prescribed drugs ...

A recent scientific study has issued warnings that certain commonly prescribed medications could elevate the risk of dementia. The research indicates that drugs frequently used to treat conditions ...

After adjusting for factors such as family history of dementia, cognitive function at the start of the study and medications known to affect cognition, the team discovered that antibiotic use was ...

The failure of Cognition Therapeutics’ Alzheimer’s disease candidate CT1812 in the SHINE trial earlier this year may have rubbed off some of the drug ... patients with dementia with Lewy ...

The MHRA’s current authorisations only allow the use of the drugs in those with mild cognitive impairment or mild dementia. “From a scientific point of view, I don’t think it’s likely that ...

Alzheimer’s drugs should be prescribed like statins to stave off dementia, one of Britain’s leading neuroscientists has said. Prof Sir John Hardy said blood tests would soon allow for routine ...