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There's some evidence lithium protects from dementia, but not enough to put it in drinking water

  • Written by Perminder Sachdev, Scientia Professor of Neuropsychiatry, Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA), School of Psychiatry, UNSW
imageLong-term treatment with lithium has improved memory and learning in rats.from shutterstock.com

When people think of lithium, it’s usually to do with batteries, but lithium also has a long history in medicine. Lithium carbonate, or lithium salt, is mainly used to treat and prevent bipolar disorder. This is a condition in which a person...

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