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10/13/2017 / By Isabelle Z.

Nursing Homes abusively drugging elderly patients with mind-altering drug

We’ve heard a lot in recent years about nursing homes overmedicating their patients with psych drugs to sedate them in order to make them easier to manage, a heartless practice that puts their lives in jeopardy. This still occurs to a disturbing degree, but tighter regulations by the government on dangerous antipsychotic drugs have forced […]

09/05/2017 / By Rhonda Johansson

Antidepressants found to drastically increase head injuries among Alzheimer’s patients

A nationwide cohort study conducted in Finland found that antidepressants increased the risk of head and traumatic brain injuries among patients with Alzheimer’s disease. While antidepressants have been linked to an increased risk of falling, no study thus far researched a possible connection between the drug and brain injuries in community-dwelling patients with Alzheimer’s. Researchers […]

04/24/2017 / By Russel Davis

Dementia patients are wildly over-medicated with antipsychotic drugs, study finds

Nursing homes may be over-medicating dementia patients with antipsychotic drugs despite mounting evidence of early death and minimal efficacy, according to a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine. Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Medical School found that off-label prescription of anti-psychotic drugs were a common practice in nearly 100 nursing homes in the state. However, undergoing the OASIS […]

04/17/2017 / By Earl Garcia

Brain-damaging vaccines, pesticides and medicines generate nearly $800 billion a year in medical revenues

The current estimated annual cost for nine of the most common neurological disorders in the U.S. was a hefty $789 billion, a recent paper revealed. According to the paper, these conditions include Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia, traumatic brain injury and Parkinson’s disease, as well as epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, and spinal cord injury. Researchers […]

02/02/2017 / By Vicki Batts

Prescription euthanasia: Elderly being killed off by antipsychotic drugs… is it on purpose?

Older individuals living with Alzheimer’s disease are often prescribed antipsychotic drugs. This controversial practice has been frowned upon for many years. New research has now found that the use of these drugs in Alzheimer’s patients substantially increases their risk of mortality — which begs the question: is this risky practice being conducted with malicious intentions? […]

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