NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who smoke or who have high blood pressure or diabetes in middle age are more likely to develop dementia, a new study has found. The good news is that people who take steps to curb these risk factors in their 50s and 60s might have a better shot at avoiding Alzheimer's disease and other ...

British health professionals have called for a change in the treatment of dementia patients after an official report warned that wrongly prescribed anti-psychotic medicines are causing the deaths of an estimated 1,800 each year. As many as 144,000 out of an estimated 180,000 people suffering from the disease are unnecessarily given powerful "chemical cosh" drugs, the Department ...

Health professionals have called for a change in the treatment of dementia patients after an official report warned that wrongly prescribed anti-psychotic medicines are causing the deaths of an estimated 1,800 each year. As many as 144,000 out of an estimated 180,000 people suffering from the disease are unnecessarily given powerful "chemical cosh" drugs, the Department of ...

BRAIN WORKOUTS

Can games prevent cognitive decline? Several companies think they might. Posit Science sells the Brain Fitness Program for PCs for $395, and there's Brain Age for Nintendo's DS handheld system (about $20 for the game, $130 for the device). The newest entrant is Dakim BrainFitness, which sells [m]Power Cognitive Fitness System. It's sold as ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Advanced dementia is a terminal illness and should be viewed as such, researchers conclude in a report released Wednesday. Infections and eating problems are common and often herald the final states of life for these patients. Unfortunately, many of patients with advanced dementia suffer through burdensome medical interventions of questionable benefit as they approach the end-of-life ...

The son of millionaire philanthropist Brooke Astor was found guilty Thursday of defrauding his late mother while she suffered from dementia in New York's biggest society trial in years. Anthony Marshall, 85, was found guilty of stealing and conspiring to steal millions of dollars from Astor when the New York heiress and charity doyenne was ailing before her death ...