A new study from researchers at the University of California, San Diego has raised concerns about a group of widely used medications that may affect brain health over time. These drugs, known as ...

Medicines called benzodiazepines are often used to treat anxiety and sleep problems. Many people take them to feel calmer or to help them fall asleep. These drugs can work very quickly and are helpful ...

A growing body of medical evidence reveals that certain widely prescribed medication combinations may be silently stealing memories from millions of Americans who remain completely unaware of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nootropics are touted as “smart drugs” meant to improve cognitive performance. But there’s a lot we still don’t know about them.

Fampridine, a drug used to improve walking in people with multiple sclerosis, may also improve working memory in certain healthy individuals. The findings pave the way for potential new treatments for ...

A paradigm-shifting study from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) shows an experimental drug, GL-II-73, has the potential to restore memory and cognitive function in a mouse model of ...

Scientists at UC San Francisco and at Gladstone Institutes have identified a combination of two anticancer drugs that the researchers suggest may reverse the changes that occur in the brain during ...

Is memory loss interfering with your daily life? Most people are familiar with some of the things that can impair memory, including alcohol and drug abuse, head injuries, stroke, sleep deprivation, ...

Dr Joshua Helman, an emergency medicine physician based in Florida, said taking three kinds of prescription and over-the-counter drugs in high doses for prolonged periods may lead to brain damage ...

If you’ve ever put in long hours studying for final exams or perfecting a presentation for a client, you’ve probably found yourself wishing for an extra jolt of brain power. Nootropics are often ...