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A new study suggests that a treatment for Alzheimer's, the most common type of dementia, can also treat the second most ...

If you or someone you know has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, you may feel scared, frustrated, and more. While there is no cure for Alzheimer's at this time, there are many ways to treat the ...

A class of drugs for diabetes may be associated with a lower risk of dementia and Parkinson's disease, according to a new study. A class of drugs for diabetes may be associated with a lower risk ...

Lewy body dementia is one of the most common ... who did not receive treatment with any of these drugs. Patients who were treated with donepezil and galantamine, but not those given rivastigmine ...

In particular, the ChEIs galantamine (Razadyne) and donepezil (Aricept) appeared to help arrest the progression of ... These results should form the basis of new clinical trials to test cholinesterase ...

A class of drugs for diabetes may be associated with a lower risk of dementia and Parkinson's disease, according to a study published in the September 18, 2024, online issue of Neurology.

There is currently no cure for dementia with Lewy bodies ... or no treatment at all. The first treatment was a cholinesterase inhibitor called donepezil, and the second treatment was memantine.