DALLAS: Delirium is an acute state of confusion that often affects older adults following surgery or serious illness. Now a study led by researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) confirms that inflammation – an immune response that develops when the body attempts to Read More »

HOUSTON: More than 75% of patients with dementia who are treated with an antipsychotic medications are also given at least one other psychotropic drug, based on a study conducted in Denmark.

Ane Norgaard Christensen, MD, of the Danish Dementia Research Centre, Rigshospitalet, Denmark, and colleagues Read More »

CHICAGO: Older adults who perform poorly on the Memory Binding Test (MBT) are at increased risk of developing amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI) and dementia, new research suggests.

“Memory binding refers to the process of simply linking memories, and there is an idea that people Read More »

HOUSTON: Smoking, binge drinking and obesity raise the risk of dementia by shrinking your brain, researchers have found.

Now scientists have shed light on how the three risk factors can raise the chances of developing dementia, of which Alzheimer’s is the most common form.

Their Read More »