Growth Hormone Treatment May Have Transmitted Alzheimer’s to Children, Study Warns
A now discontinued hormone therapy that contained contaminated cadaver tissue may have transmitted degenerative brain disorders to patients.
A now discontinued hormone therapy that contained contaminated cadaver tissue may have transmitted degenerative brain disorders to patients.
More than 40% of nursing home residents in the U.S have Alzheimer’s disease, dementia or cognitive impairment, according to a new report that highlights targeted changes that can improve the quality of care at facilities.
Researchers called for more studies to explore whether there is a causal link between side effects of hormone replacement therapy and dementia.
Researchers noted that particulate matter air pollution from agriculture and wildfires are linked to the highest increases in the long-term risk of dementia
More than 60% of older Americans with cognitive impairments continue to drive, usually out of fear of losing their independence, researchers found.
The findings come as manufacturers of Nexium, Prilosec and similar heartburn drugs face a growing number of lawsuits over kidney damage
The family of a dementia patient is able to move forward with a lawsuit against a state-owned nursing home, involving allegations of improper use of drugs as chemical restraints
Aduhelm and Leqembi side effects may actually speed up brain atrophy, making Alzheimer's disease and dementia problems worse, researchers warn.
Even though rates of dementia diagnoses dropped worldwide during the COVID-19 pandemic, rates of prescribing antipsychotics to those patients increased, raising fears the drugs are being used as chemical restraints.
The use of multiple types of laxatives was linked with a 90% increased risk of dementia, according to the findings