Tag Archives: dementia
Alzheimers pipeline drugs review published
SEATTLE: Alzheimer’s disease drug market is on the curvature stage. Since 2003, there is not any single “magic bullet” launched in the market to prevent or cure it.
However, all current marketed products are going to be generic in the next 3-4 years. There are Read More »
New study finds one-third of dementia nurses have unhealthy behaviours because of distress at work
EL PASO: Three-quarters of nurses who treat residential dementia patients frequently experience distress from being unable to give patients what they need, a new study has found.
The findings also report that one-third of those nurses also engage in unhealthy behavior because of those circumstances. Read More »
Letting people with dementia drive is like giving them a shotgun
FORT WORTH: Countless people with dementia are driving dangerously on the roads after slipping through the cracks of an outdated driving license system, doctors have warned.
Experts have called for an investigation into how far dementia impairs safe driving. They said allowing some patients to Read More »
When patience draws a blank online cartoons offer help in dementia care
INDIANAPOLIS: The internet is awash with tutorials on everything from baking a cake to painting a fence, but there is nothing to advise a wife on what to do when her husband stopped changing his underwear and tried to get out of the car on Read More »