The first pill to slow down the progression of Alzheimer’s disease is being studied for use on the NHS ...

A fresh study has "substantially" linked dementia with some common medications routinely given to older British individuals for an entirely different ailment, a risk that is especially strong for ...

A new US study has suggested that using antibiotics to treat infections is not associated with an increased risk of cognitive ...

Scientists have issued a warning as a popular type of medication taken by many people has been linked to dementia. According to research, regularly taking such prescribed sleeping aids could hike ...

Warnings have been issued over commonly prescribed drugs could increase ... patients without a diagnosis of dementia, all aged 55 and over and registered with UK GPs contributing data to the ...

The medication, which can help treat ... and 225,574 patients without a diagnosis of dementia, all aged 55 and over and registered with UK GPs contributing data to the QResearch database, between ...

SCIENTISTS investigating Alzheimer’s disease have made a key breakthrough, identifying a key cellular process that drives ...

Dementia deaths in the UK have risen, data has suggested, as campaigners call for an end to a block on the use of two wonder drugs on the NHS. More than 75,000 people died because of dementia or ...

all aged 55 and over and registered with UK GPs contributing data to the QResearch database, between 1 January 2004 and 31 January 2016 in the study which was first reported on in 2019. The study ...

All were aged 55 and over and registered with UK GPs contributing data to ... found increased risks of dementia for anticholinergic drugs overall and specifically for the anticholinergic ...

A popular variety of medication could be linked to an increased risk of dementia, scientists have warned. Regular use of prescribed sleeping aids might push the risk of dementia up by an alarming 79 ...