Dementia - Use it or lose it - An active mind is a healthy mind. That is the conclusion of a recent US study covering 21 years. Researchers found that regularly reading books, playi...

Insomnia: - Next, we have the reader who is suffering from insomnia and is currently taking the sleeping drug, Zimovane. What alternatives are there to help him g...

Dementia drugs - Before him, the disease didn’t have a name, says the ad for Aricept (donepezil hydrochloride), with a portrait of Dr Alois Alzheimer, the man who gave...

Insomnia - Insomnia is usually strongly linked to depression. However, an array of conditions can prevent you from drifting off to sleep easily, including tensio...

Dementia - Stay sharp until the end - In the past, cognitive decline was believed to be unavoidable with the passage of time. Attributed simply to ‘old age’, many families watched helpless...

Insomnia - Sleeping pills aren’t worth the risk - What’s a good night’s sleep worth? Quite a lot - especially if you rarely get one. And the older you get, the more elusive a full night’s sleep seems...

Elderly in homes given wrong drug - About 88 per cent of elderly people in nursing homes are being given antipsychotic drugs inappropriately, researchers have discovered after visiting...

Insomnia - When patients come to me with insomnia, my first line of attack is to look for something they're taking or eating, such as a unidentified food allergi...