Researchers analyzed Medicare claims data to find that an estimated 25 percent of dementia patients were prescribed risky medications, including antidepressants and antipsychotics.

“Pothead” could one day get a whole new meaning. A new study suggests low doses of THC, the main psychoactive ingredient in ...

Many seniors with dementia are being put at risk by brain-altering medications linked to falls, confusion and hospitalization ...

A once-a-day pill that helps slow down the course of Alzheimer’s disease is a step closer to becoming a reality in a major ...

When agitated dementia patients wander or shout through the night, families and caregivers understandably feel the need to treat this frightening and potentially dangerous behavior. Antipsychotic ...

Low cholesterol can reduce the risk of dementia, a new University of Bristol-led study with more than a million participants has shown. The research, led by Dr. Liv Tybjærg Nordestgaard while at the ...

SHANGHAI, Jan 27 (Reuters) - China's medicine regulator has ordered a halt to the import, sale and usage of a drug used to ...

Tammy McDaid describes how she had a panic attack after waking up on Tate's birthday.

(Yicai) Jan. 27 -- China has suspended the import, sale, and use of an Alzheimer's treatment and an active pharmaceutical ...