Nootropics are touted as “smart drugs” meant to improve cognitive performance. But there’s a lot we still don’t know about ...

Zunveyl, an oral medication, is a better-tolerated version of galantamine for managing mild to moderate Alzheimer's symptoms.

Benzodiazepines and anticholinergic drugs are common classes of medications. Doctors already knew that some of their side effects were memory and confusion, but research suggests it can be much worse.

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 ...

Several new medications are on the market and in development for Alzheimer's disease, a progressive neurological disease leading to memory loss, language deterioration, and confusion that afflicts ...

Scientists have come up with a drug that is a potential candidate for tackling memory deficits in the early stages of the disease in rodents. Research shows that the drug activates the cannabinoid ...

In contrast, in people who already had good baseline working memory, the drug showed no effect. The researchers also observed that fampridine increased brain excitability in all participants ...

Can the habitual use of illicit drugs damage our memory system? Scientific studies suggest there is a link but more research is needed in this complicated contentious area. Everything we do ...

The drugs have to be given early in the disease before too much damage to the brain is done, whereas most people referred to memory services are in the later stages of the disease. That requires ...

This work will determine whether a clinically approved cancer drug could be suitable for preventing memory loss in Alzheimer’s disease. Through this research, Dr Giese hopes to build a foundation for ...