What Doctors Don't Tell YouBefore 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 its weird appellation.
Dementia is being badly diagnosed, a large worldwide study has recently discovered.
After all its other bad press recently, it’s the final nail in the coffin for hormone replacement therapy. The large-scale US Women’s Health Initiative studies have found that, among other risks,
WDDTY panelist Dr Melvyn Werbach believes that up to a fifth of all dementia in the elderly is reversible, and one large cause is malnutrition or malabsorption, or an inadequate amount of a number ...
What are the non-drug alternatives to help patients with this debilitating disorder? Gingko biloba and ginseng, washed down with lots of water should help blood circulation and hydration of the brain, says one reader. Head and neck massage may also...
WHY YOU PROBABLY WON'T GET ALZHEIMER'S
Medicine's standard response to dementia is a prescription drug, ranging from an antipsychotic, an antidepressant or a mood stabilizer. But a new study has revealed that the benefits of the drugs are, at best, modest, and they can increase the...
A DOCTOR'S DILEMMA: When is schizophrenia the same as Alzheimer's? (A
In the search for a magic bullet, orthodox medicine ignores preliminary evidence suggesting that some forms of dementia may be caused by metallic poisoning. ...
ASPIRIN: Can it also combat Alzheimer's and colorectal cancer?
