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2. Drug-induced amnesia - Wikipedia

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   Drug-induced amnesia is amnesia caused by drugs. Amnesia may be therapeutic for medical treatment or for medical procedures, or it may be a side-effect of a drug, such as alcohol, or certain medications for psychiatric disorders, such as benzodiazepines. [1] It is seen also with slow acting parenteral general anaesthetics. [citation needed]

3. Steroid dementia syndrome - Wikipedia

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   The term "steroid dementia" was coined by Varney et al. (1984) in reference to the effects of long-term glucocorticoid use in 1,500 patients. [3] While the condition generally falls under the classification of Cushing's syndrome , the term "steroid dementia syndrome" is particularly useful because it recognizes both the cause of the syndrome ...

4. Blackout (drug-related amnesia) - Wikipedia

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   Subsequent research has indicated that blackouts are most likely caused by a rapid increase in a person's blood-alcohol concentration. One study, in particular, resulted in subjects being stratified easily into two groups, those who consumed alcohol very quickly, and blacked out, and those who did not black out by drinking alcohol slowly ...

5. Widely-used heart drug linked to increased dementia risk - AOL

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   Patients on the blood-thinning drug Warfarin experienced higher rates of dementia and Alzheimer's, according to a new study. Widely-used heart drug linked to increased dementia risk Skip to main ...

6. A diabetes drug may help prevent dementia, new research shows

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   The results of a new large-scale study published in The BMJ suggest that a relatively new diabetes drug might reduce the risk of developing dementia in people with type 2 diabetes.

7. I'm a neuroscientist. 5 things I do every day to reduce my ...

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   Meditation may also help reduce the risk of dementia because it can reduce high blood pressure and anxiety, both risk factors for Alzheimer's disease and other types of dementia, research shows ...