• Anxiety Drug Use May Boost Dementia Risk

    Updated: 2012-09-27 23:30:00
    Older patients who used benzodiazepine anti-anxiety drugs were at substantially higher risk of developing dementia than nonusers, a French study found.

  • CJD Dementia Diagnosis Often Delayed

    Updated: 2012-09-25 16:00:00
    Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD) is often confused with other forms of dementia, even when neurologists are making the diagnosis, researchers reported.

  • Protein Test May Help Diagnosis in CJD

    Updated: 2012-09-20 21:48:12
    A test for a protein implicated in sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD) -- not the variant referred to as "mad cow" disease -- can reduce the uncertainty of the diagnosis in many cases, according to a new guideline from the American Academy of Neurology.

  • Blood Pressure Meds May Help Protect Against Alzheimer's

    Updated: 2012-09-10 21:00:00
    Treatment with angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) antihypertensive drugs was associated with less Alzheimer's disease-like pathology in the brain, an autopsy study confirmed.

  • Stronger Exelon Patch Wins FDA Nod

    Updated: 2012-09-05 19:08:31
    A transdermal patch delivering rivastigmine (Exelon) at a 40% higher rate than the previous maximum strength has been cleared by the FDA for patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease.

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