Study finds link between Vitamin D and dementia

A new study that was published in the Journal of the American Academy of Neurology found that participants that were deficient in Vitamin D were twice as likely to develop dementia compared to participants with normal vitamin D levels.

 

Those that had severe vitamin D deficiency tripled the risk for dementia.

http://www.neurology.org/content/early/2014/08/06/WNL.0000000000000755.short

 

 

New Study Shows These Common Drugs Increase Falls In The Elderly

A new study that was published in the European Journal of Public Health showed that several commonly prescribed medications have been associated with injurious falls in the elderly population.

Among the 20 most commonly prescribed medications, antidepressants and pain killers posed the highest fall risk. GERD and Ulcer medications were also linked to falls.

This was a study of 64,399 people aged 65 years and older.

Before your grandparents or parents take an antidepressant or pain killer they should outweigh the risks with their doctor.

http://eurpub.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2014/07/31/eurpub.cku120.short

Did cholesterol lowering medication or antidepressants kill Robin Williams?

 

Everyone around the word is mourning the death of Robin Williams.

The questions that the media is not asking are:

Was Robin Williams on SSRI antidepressant drugs which carry a black box warning on them cautioning that their usage can lead to suicidal thinking and behavior ?

Since Robin Williams had heart surgery a few years back, was he on cholesterol lowering medications?

Low serum cholesterol has been shown in some studies to be associated with depression and suicidal thoughts and attempts.

                                         
                                           

                                             Stay tuned for my next post on depression !!

Sources

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2710104/

 

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