Alzheimer's: Power lines double the risk

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...

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...

Dementia: - The drugs don't work, but so much can

Medicine's standard response to dementia is a prescription drug, ranging from an antipsychotic, an antidepressant or a mood stabilizer. But a new stu...

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...

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...

Alzheimer's: not from aluminium?

Open warfare is breaking out in the medical research industry over the cause of Alzheimer's, the most common form of senile dementia. ...