Researchers hoped results from the latest trial on low-dose lithium would settle the question of lithium’s potential to ...

A two-year Pitt trial found low-dose lithium was safe and hinted at slower verbal memory decline in some older adults. (CREDIT: Shutterstock) A once-daily dose of a medication, which averaged 195 mg, ...

A study published in Nature on August 6, 2025, found that lithium is the only metal significantly depleted in the prefrontal cortex of people with mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease, ...

Dear Dr. Roach: Would it be risky to take a low dose (20 mg) of over-the-counter lithium orotate to treat cognitive decline? The recent study in the journal Nature recommended waiting for further ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: Would it be risky to take a low dose (20 mg) of over-the-counter lithium orotate to treat cognitive decline? The recent study in the journal Nature recommended waiting for further ...

Low-dose lithium may help slow verbal memory decline– the ability to remember and recall words and sentences– in older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). The corresponding pilot study was ...

Licensed as a psychiatric nurse practitioner more than 20 years ago, I thought I’d never need or want to prescribe lithium. Old school, I thought. A 1950s drug; we have much better now. It’s true, ...