Can Common Heartburn Drugs Raise Dementia Risk?
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چکیده
A widely used class of medications that treat acid reflux has been tied to dementia. In the February 15 JAMA Neurology, scientists led by Britta Haenisch, at the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases in Bonn, reported that elderly people who regularly used proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) had a 44 percent greater risk of developing dementia than people who didn’t use these drugs. Although correlative, the results suggest that avoiding these medications could help prevent cognitive decline, the authors claim.
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