Long Term Cognitive Impairment Of Aging Brain Caused By Medications
Tuesday, Aug. 3rd 2010 1:14 PM
Drugs commonly taken for a variety of common medical conditions including insomnia, allergies, or incontinence negatively affect the brain causing long term cognitive impairment in older African-Americans, according to a study appearing in the July 13, 2010 print issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology…
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