In all, 1 in 4 Medicare-covered seniors with dementia have been prescribed drugs like antipsychotics, barbiturates and ...

Roughly 25 percent of dementia patients were prescribed at least one ‘potentially inappropriate’ drug between 2013 and 2021 ...

While all medications carry potential side effects, certain types have been shown to increase the risk of falls, confusion ...

Years after doctors were warned to be cautious, many Americans with dementia continue to receive medications that can worsen ...

A Stanford AI model trained on nearly 600,000 hours of sleep data can assess future risk for dementia, heart disease and more ...

Despite years of clinical guidelines warning against the practice, one in four Medicare beneficiaries with dementia is ...

An estimated quarter of traditional Medicare beneficiaries with dementia are prescribed risky, brain-altering drugs despite years of clinical guidelines cautioning against the practice, a new study ...

Despite years of clinical guidelines warning against the practice, one in four Medicare beneficiaries with dementia is ...

Even after years of warnings, millions of older Americans with dementia are still being prescribed risky brain-altering drugs—often with no clear medical justification. Even after years of clinical ...

Dementia patients in the U.S. are still being prescribed risky CNS-active drugs despite safety warnings. New JAMA research ...

A Europe-wide study suggests a simple at-home finger-prick blood test could detect early Alzheimer’s disease with 86% ...