Dementia - Supplements can help - * Antioxidant supplements counteract toxic build-up and keep blood vessels flexible (see main text). There is evidence that people who take vitamins C...

The best alternative treatment for alzheimer’s disease - What to do instead - * Herbal medicine. Studies show that Ginkgo biloba can stop some of the major symptoms of cerebrovascular insufficiency. It is especially helpful in e...

Cox-2 inhibitors - The COX (cyclooxygenase)-2 inhibitors, also known as ‘selective non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs’ (NSAIDs), have long been touted as being safer...

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...

Can aspirin combat alzheimer’s?; are swimming pools a cause of asthma? - * Can aspirin combat Alzheimer’s?Aspirin and other NSAIDs (non-steroidal, anti-inflammatory drugs) may prevent Alzheimer’s disease, a meta-analysis ha...

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...

Hope for Alzheimer's? - The pharmaceutical companies have spectacularly failed to move beyond the ‘chemical imbalance’ view of Alzheimer’s disease. But new evidence points to...

Alzheimer's disease - Metal fatigue - In the search for a magic bullet, orthodox medicine ignores preliminary evidence suggesting that some forms of dementia may be caused by metallic pois...