This class of drugs was associated with a 20% lower risk of dementia compared to another diabetes medication known as dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP4) inhibitors. SGLT2 inhibitors help lower blood ...
Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) may not be as well-known as other forms like Alzheimer’s, but is just as devastating, so the discovery that commonly used drugs may reduce the risk of the disease ...
An estimated 50m people live with dementia globally, more than two-thirds of them in low- and middle-income countries. In 2024, the first drugs that can change the course of Alzheimer’s disease ...
Axovant has axed development of its key dementia drug intepirdine after results suggested it actually worsened symptoms compared with placebo. The news sent the neurology-focused Swiss biotech’s ...
Nov. 19, 2024 — Common cardiovascular drugs are linked to a lower risk of dementia in older age, according to a new ... Earlier Diabetes Diagnosis Linked to Dementia Risk Nov. 19, 2024 ...
There are two kinds of risk factors for dementia: non-modifiable and modifiable. Non-modifiable risk factors are ones that cannot be changed or eliminated, like aging, family history and genetics.
In 2021 a study of nearly 400,000 women, found both new and old HRT drugs reduced the risk of diseases that cause dementia. The study found that the effects differed based on many things ...