For decades, dementia, especially Alzheimer’s disease, was treated as untouchable. Families watched loved ones fade, doctors could offer only reassurance and coping strategies, and research seemed to ...

A new study shows that taking birth control pills can affect women’s memory. Shawn Nielsen, a graduate student in neurobiology and behavior at the University of California, Irvine, conducted a study ...

Ashley Wong, PharmD, is an experienced pharmacist and medical writer who translates medical and drug information into easily digestible language. Effect on memory: Benzodiazepines are known to affect ...

Pills for memory: The medications that define dementia care today For decades, dementia, especially Alzheimer’s disease, was treated as untouchable. Families watched loved ones fade, doctors could ...