Common Drugs Linked to Cognitive Impairment and Possibly to Increased Risk of Death, Study Suggests

Common Drugs Linked to Cognitive Impairment and Possibly to Increased Risk of Death, Study Suggests
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110624111929.htm

"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."