NSAID painkillers e.g. diclofenac could significantly increase the risk of a heart attack or stroke! Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are naproxen, ibuprofen, diclofenac, celecoxib, etoricoxib, rofecoxib and lumiracoxib 29 June 2013, Heart risk warning over painkiller diclofenac: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-23109314 ● 30 May 2013, BBC 3 min audio, Painkillers 'pose tiny risk' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-22713613 ● 30 May 2013, BBC 2 min Video Common painkillers pose heart risk: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-22713043 ● 29 May 2013 article, Common painkillers pose heart risk: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-22694858 ● 12 January 2011, NSAID painkillers linked to increased heart risk http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-12164301

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Exposure to general anaesthesia increases the risk of dementia in the elderly by 35%. Postoperative cognitive dysfunction, or POCD, could be associated with dementia several years later. POCD is a common complication in elderly patients after major surgery. It has been proposed that there is an association between POCD and the development of dementia due to a common pathological mechanism through the amyloid β peptide. Several experimental studies suggest that some anaesthetics could promote inflammation of neural tissues leading to POCD and/or Alzheimer's disease (AD) precursors including β-amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles