Topic: Dementia
Reuters US Online Report Health News | 2010-01-11 21:28:51
<div><p>CHICAGO (Reuters) - Strong warnings about the dangers of giving antipsychotic drugs to patients with dementia have reduced use of the drugs in these patients by a "modest" 19 percent, U.S. researchers said on Monday.</p><p>Studies have shown that using antipsychotic drugs shortens the lives of elderly patients ...
consumeraffairs.com | 2010-01-01 07:05:19
<div id="subtitle">Widely used supplement not effective in reducing dementia</div><div><p> Lots of older
adults who purchase the herbal supplement Ginkgo biloba, in hopes it will
keep them mentally sharp, may be wasting their money. That's the finding
of researchers reporting their results in the latest issue of ...
AFP Global Edition | 2009-12-29 21:10:17
<div><p>The herbal supplement ginkgo biloba does not slow cognitive decline, a study published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) said.</p><p>Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh analyzed data in an eight-year randomized, double-blind placebo-controlled trial called the Ginkgo Evaluation of Memory (GEM) study, for ...
Reuters US Online Report Health News | 2009-12-29 20:02:40
<div><p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The widely used herbal supplement Ginkgo biloba does not appear to slow the rate of cognitive decline in healthy older people or those with mild cognitive impairment, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.</p><p>Their study involved 3,069 people age 72 or older from four U ...
