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By Nelson Vergel | Last updated: July 2026 If you take zolpidem (Ambien) to sleep, you have probably seen the headlines claiming it "damages your brain" or raises your dementia risk. Here is what the research actually says, separated from the fear. The short version: several observational...

Curated By Nelson Vergel, Update: June 2026 For decades, dementia was viewed as an unavoidable consequence of aging. Patients and families often faced a diagnosis with few treatment options and little hope beyond symptom management. Today, that paradigm is changing rapidly. Advances in...

Ozempic and similar medications have received widespread attention for the treatment of diabetes and weight loss. There’s also growing research that they may help treat heart disease, sleep apnea, kidney disease, substance use disorder and other conditions. Demand has surged for the medications...

New evidence brings more good news about the unanticipated effects of the GLP-1 receptor agonists.

Key point here: *Further research is needed to explore the effects of low-dose tadalafil in patients with cardiovascular diseases and dementia risk, and randomized controlled trials should be conducted to establish causation between PDE-5 inhibitors and reductions in mortality, cardiovascular...

Coffee and tea intake were associated with long-term cognitive changes in older adults, two prospective studies presented at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC) suggested. Among 6,001 Health and Retirement Studyopens in a new tab or window participants in the U.S...

FROM NATURE MEDICINE Receipt of a newer recombinant version of a shingles vaccine is associated with a significant delay in dementia diagnosis in older adults, a new study suggests. "The study builds on previous observations of a reduction in dementia risk with the older live shingles vaccine...

In a study consisting of more than 180,000 male veterans aged 55 and older, those diagnosed with PTSD had nearly 2-fold the risk of developing dementia syndromes such as Alzheimer disease, frontotemporal dementia, Lewy Body dementia, vascular dementia, and senile dementia compared to those...

In a new study, published July 9, 2022 in Molecular Biology and Evolution, they focus on one of these mutated genes and attempt to trace its evolution ⁠— when and why it appeared in the human genome. The findings suggest selective pressure from infectious pathogens like gonorrhea may have...

Interesting read - Low T a factor in Dementia in Men https://www.inverse.com/mind-body/testosterone-dementia-connection

Supraphysiologic-dose anabolic-androgenic steroid use: a risk factor for dementia? Kaufman MJ1, Kanayama G2, Hudson JI2, Pope HG2. Author information Abstract Supraphysiologic-dose anabolic-androgenic steroid (AAS) use is associated with physiologic, cognitive, and brain abnormalities similar...

"If you had a stroke, even a small stroke, your risk of dementia within the next two years was greatly magnified," he says. "So there's something about having a stroke that drives a lot of the processes that give rise to dementia." But high blood pressure also appears to increase a person's...

Source: DGNews Heavy Snoring, Sleep Apnoea May Signal Earlier Memory and Thinking Decline Tags: Dementia Sleep Apnoea MINNEAPOLIS -- April 15, 2015 -- Heavy snoring and sleep apnoea may be linked to memory and thinking decline at an earlier age, according to a study published in the April...