Music therapy can help lift the spirits and ease depression in people with dementia, a new evidence review has found.

Getting in a certain amount of daily moderate-to-vigorous physical activity can help lower the risk for neuropsychiatric disorders, including dementia, depression, and some sleep disorders.

A new review has found evidence that music-based therapy may benefit people living with dementia, particularly by improving symptoms of depression. The work has been published in Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.

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Antidepressants worsened cognition in patients with dementia, according to a new study, but some experts strongly disagree with the findings.

In a study of thousands of people with dementia, researchers found that treatment with antidepressants was linked to faster cognitive decline — though certain medications appeared to have a greater impact than others.

New research suggests that certain antidepressants could accelerate cognitive decline in dementia patients, though outside experts urge caution in interpreting the findings.

A new population-based study led by researchers from the Karolinska Institute in Sweden has found a common first-line class of medications prescribed to dementia patients for depression could be hastening their cognitive decline, while also putting individuals at greater risk of fractures and an earlier death.

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