New safety study links sedative use to increased stroke risk. A large UK study involving more than 165,000 people with dementia has found that the drug risperidone increases the risk of stroke in all ...

Medicare offers help for caregivers of dementia patients but getting the word out has not been easy. People who work in ...

All of this disproportionately affects the elderly. In a 2023 study of patients with a median age of 75, approximately 30% of ...

The American Academy of Neurology says some with dementia can still drive. April, 12, 2010— -- Having mild dementia is no longer a reason to take away an elderly person's car keys, according to ...

In trials, the antipsychotic drug brexpiprazole (Rexulti) failed to provide a clinically meaningful benefit and increased the risk of death. Yet the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has fast ...