Some have claimed that statins cause dementia, but Tracy said this connection has so far only been anecdotal. Studies have not yet found any significant link between statins and dementia, despite individual cases reporting such an association. A more substantial concern involves a link between statin...
There are slight differences in the disease pathology between the genetic version of early-onset Alzheimer’s seen in Down syndrome and what the general population experiences. For Down syndrome, overproduction of beta amyloid is thought to be the problem. But in the general population, Alzhe...
In total, they looked at data for about 186,000 people withepilepsy, 169,000 withperipheral neuropathy, nearly 61,000 withAlzheimer'sor otherdementia, close to 55,000 withMSand about 46,000 with Parkinson's disease. MSpatients faced the sharpest upticks in out-of-pocket costs, more than t...
Physical exercise is often regarded as a new possible solution to help people who suffer from dementia to reduce their symptoms. Exercise programs in patients in the early stages of the disease can enhance general cognition, and can help in both AD and vascular dementia as they increase blood a...
(STIs) services report not having on-site access to the recommended injectable medications for same-day treatment of gonorrhea and syphilis, according to a research letter published in the November issue ofEmerging Infectious Diseases, a publication of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...
The prognosis of hydatid disease is variable. With early diagnosis and treatment of simple unilocular cysts, the outlook is excellent; in contrast, advanced multilocular disease at multiple sites with advanced portal hypertension is a potentially lethal condition. Medical therapy of inoperable E granu...
characteristic(s) of the patients is not clear. Quetiapine is not approved for the treatment of patients with dementia-related psychosis [see BOXED WARNING]. 5.2 Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors in Adolescents and Young Adults Patients with major depressive disorder (MDD), both adult and pediatric,...