With its ageing population, the prevalence of dementia in Hong Kong is expected to increase. Healthcare researchers from The Hong Kong Polytechnic ...

A large U.S. medical records study has found that adults prescribed gabapentin six or more times for chronic low back pain ...

People who receive six or more prescriptions of gabapentin for lower back pain are at a significantly higher risk of dementia and mild cognitive impairment, a large new study suggests.

A novel MRI-based ‘aging’ clock may offer a simple way to identify patients whose biological age is outpacing their ...

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Researchers in Ohio have warned that people prescribed a common painkiller could be unwittingly raising their risk of ...

New data suggest an association between gabapentin for chronic back pain and increased risk of cognitive impairment, although ...

Peter McHardy has been married for 54 years this November. But as he puts it, it hasn’t been one marriage. It’s been two.

Psychological well-being waned in the years before mild cognitive impairment, a study of older adults in the Chicago area showed. Among 910 cognitively normal older adults who were followed for up ...

The anti-seizure drug is used to treat epilepsy, nerve pain after shingles and restless legs syndrome by affecting chemical messengers in the brain and nerves.

Regular gabapentin use appeared to increase risk of dementia by 29% and mild cognitive impairment (MCI) by 85%, researchers ...