Over-the-counter headache medicine may help prevent Alzheimer's disease, claim scientists from Quebec, Canada. They found that non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs like ibuprofen and aspirin reduced the risk of developing this debilitating disorder—and the longer the painkillers were used, the greater the benefit.
The analysis, published in the British Medical Journal, included results from 15 studies that examined the effects of painkillers on the brain. The research team found that subjects who took the drugs regularly for more than two years were less likely to develop Alzheimer's, which slowly incapacitates the mind. Aspirin seemed to have less of a protective effect than other NSAIDs like ibuprofen and acetaminophen.
