The Alzheimer’s Association credits Lewy body dementia as the third most common type of the brain disease, accounting for up to 10 percent of cases. One terrifying symptom could occur while you sleep. When you’re tucked up in bed, dozing off into dreamland, you may have vivid dreams, but you’re likely to stay put –… Read More: Lewy body dementia: The terrifying sign in your sleep that… »
Drinking more than two bottles of wine or around 10 pints of low-strength beer a week can increase the chance of developing dementia, a major new study reveals. onsuming more than 21 UK units of alcohol a week has been listed among three new risk factors for the condition, which affects 55,000 people in Ireland.… Read More: Drinking two bottles of wine a week ‘increases dementia risk’ »
People with a diagnosis of dementia can also face depression. For this reason, they may end up taking antidepressant drugs. Now, a study has found that these drugs may be able to treat not just depression, but dementia itself. A new study tests out the potential of antidepressants to tackle dementia mechanisms in the brain.… Read More: Antidepressants could stave off dementia »
In a nation bitterly divided over gun ownership issues, these efforts have met dissent. Dr. Arthur Przebinda, director of Doctors for Responsible Gun Ownership, framed Dr. Wintemute’s efforts as part of a broader anti-gun bias in institutional medicine. Dr. Przebinda said asking physicians to sign such a pledge encourages them “to propagandize Americans against their… Read More: Doctors Need to Talk to Families About Guns and Dementia »