There are four medications approved in the UK to ease a person’s dementia symptoms, including memory and thinking problems: donepezil rivastigmine galantamine memantine. These treatments are only ...

Medications to treat memory and thinking problems are only available on prescription. They are free in England for people who are 60 and over, or who have a payment exemption. In Northern Ireland and ...

Vitamin D also helps clear beta amyloid, a protein that plays a role in Alzheimer’s disease, Merrill points out. This is “the ...

What is the best treatment for dementia? “These new antibody treatments [lecanemab and donanemab] represent a defining moment in the history of treating Alzheimer’s disease and give much ...

Statistics indicate that close to eight million UK residents are grappling with heart disease or related conditions, the two leading causes of death in the country. The high prevalence has made ...

New research indicates that medication used by hundreds of thousands in the UK could heighten the risk of dementia. Anticholinergics, prescribed to alleviate over-active bladders, work by reducing ...

Scientists have sounded the alarm over a common type of medication after it was linked to an increased risk of dementia. Research indicates that regular use of certain prescribed sleeping aids could ...

There are many different types of dementia. Your loved one's treatments will depend on the type they have. Many older people fear that they have Alzheimer's disease because they can't find their ...

Commonly prescribed drugs could increase risk of dementia, scientists have warned. Research conducted by the University of Nottingham has revealed that regular use of medicines used to treat bladder ...