Topic: Dementia
consumeraffairs.com | 2010-01-14 07:05:10
<div id="subtitle">Study raises questions about 'targeted' warnings</div><div><p>An FDA safety warning for commonly prescribed antipsychotic medications resulted in a decline in usage among the elderly with dementia, a new study shows.</p><p>The findings, published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, raise ...
AFP Global Edition | 2010-01-13 09:10:19
<div><p>A widely-prescribed drug to tackle high blood pressure and heart disease also appears to reduce the risk of Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia, according to a large US study published on Wednesday.</p><p>US military veterans who took angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) were between 19 and 24 ...
Reuters US Online Report Science News | 2010-01-12 23:37:33
<div><p>LONDON (Reuters) - Medicines commonly used to treat high blood pressure and heart disease may cut the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease and dementia, U.S. scientists said on Wednesday.</p><p>Researchers from Boston found that older people taking a certain type of blood pressure medication known as angiotensin ...
Reuters US Online Report Health News | 2010-01-12 21:30:49
<div><p>CHICAGO (Reuters) - People with a gene linked to long life and good health are also less likely to develop Alzheimer's disease, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.</p><p>They said people with two copies of a certain version of the cholesteryl ester transfer protein or CETP gene had ...
