Alzheimer’s disease

High drug use in nursing homes

A number of different medications are used to treat psychiatric disorders in Norwegian nursing homes. Even when residents’ symptoms show improvement over time, new research shows that many of them continue to be given the drugs.

Men have the best sense of direction

But when women got a drop of testosterone under the tongue, several of them were able to orient themselves better in the four cardinal directions.

Men are most forgetful

Your suspicions have finally been confirmed. Men forget more than women do. Nine out of ten men have problems with remembering names and dates, according to an analysis of a large Norwegian population-based health study.