| Anticholinergic dugs, including diphenhydramine linked to cognitive impairment and mortality risk in the elderly. |
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| EurekAlert: A large, long-term study confirms that medications with anticholinergic activity, which include many drugs frequently taken by older adults, cause cognitive impairment. The research is also the first to identify a possible link between these drugs – which include over-the-counter and prescription sleep aids and incontinence treatments – and risk of death. |