A new study suggests patients with chronic pain who receive frequent gabapentin prescriptions may face a higher risk of dementia. Those prescribed the drug six or more times had a 29% increased risk, and 12+ prescriptions raised the risk to 40%.
The risk was highest in adults aged 35–49. While the study shows a link—not causation—experts recommend doctors monitor cognitive health in long-term users.
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You felt holy, then emptied. The kind of hollow that makes silence roar and every unread message feel like a sentence passed. You gave pieces of yourself…
You think your home is safe. You lock the door, pull it shut, and walk away, certain that nothing inside will move without you. But something does….
They wait for you in silence. Every morning, every night, they’re the first thing that touches your bare, vulnerable skin. One feels like a hotel dream, another…
Waking at 3:17 a.m. feels like being dragged to the surface of a dark ocean. The room is still, but something inside you is not. Your heart…
You remember the exact moment you abandoned yourself, even if you swore you’d moved on. It echoes in the pit of your stomach, in the joke you…
The impact was sudden. No one saw it coming, yet everyone feared it someday would. One wrong lane, one shaken driver, and a circle of young cyclists…