Anti-anxiety drug benzodiazepine 'raises elderly dementia risk'

Anti-anxiety drug benzodiazepine 'raises elderly dementia risk'

Patients over the age of 65 who start taking benzodiazepines, also known as benzos, have a 50% increased chance of developing dementia within 15 years compared with people who had never used the drug, according to the study. Researchers from the ...