The drug is Ambroxol. It’s been used for decades to treat respiratory ailments by thinning mucus and easing coughs. But now, ...

A decades-old cough medicine, Ambroxol, could be on the verge of a dramatic second act—not for sore throats, but for ...

Today’s cough syrup could turn into tomorrow’s treatment for Parkinson’s disease. Recent research in the U.K. is the latest to suggest that a common ingredient in cough syrup, ambroxol, might be able ...

An active ingredient in cough medicines since 1979 has shown promise as a treatment for neuropsychiatric symptoms in ...

Despite the high prevalence of type 2 diabetes worldwide, and the fact that Alzheimer's disease is the most frequent cause of dementia, most of the published literature suggests that type 2 diabetes ...

Dementia research focuses on understanding how the condition works, why it develops, and how it might be treated. Importantly, there is also a focus on how we can improve the lives of people with ...

Objective Physical activity (PA) is associated with a decreased incidence of dementia, but much of the evidence comes from short follow-ups prone to reverse causation. This meta-analysis investigates ...

Background People with dementia frequently experience sleep disturbances. These can include reduced sleep at night, frequent wakening, wandering at night, and sleeping excessively during the day.

These tests can help sort out vascular dementia from other types of dementia and Alzheimer disease. Lumbar puncture (Spinal tap). This is done to analyze cerebrospinal fluid for inflammation, ...

Vermont house manager faces charges in the abuse of a dementia patient at long-term care facility and officials say he gripped patient’s neck, prosecutors said.

News Health NHS Dementia patients at greater risk of heatwave-related health risks, nurse warns Figures indicate that over 944,000 people in the UK have dementia, which is about one in every 11 ...

Researchers at the Case Western Reserve School of Medicine have found that semaglutide, a popular diabetes and weight-loss drug, may lower the risk of dementia in people with type 2 diabetes (T2D ...