Chemobrain: Experts Weigh in on Very Real — and Growing — Problem
Clinicians should know that chemotherapy-induced cognitive impairment, chemobrain, chemofog, or whatever you want to call it is a real phenomenon.
Neurocognitive Disorders
Lowering BP, Lipids in Healthy Elderly Has No Cognitive Effect
Candesartan plus hydrochlorothiazide, rosuvastatin, or their combination do not impact cognitive decline among older people.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy May Enhance Rehabilitation of Conversion Disorder in Children
Children with medically explained neurological conditions, such as epilepsy and FNS, including non-epileptic seizures, were enrolled in the study.
Midlife Systemic Inflammation Linked to Later Cognitive Decline
Midlife systemic inflammation is associated with cognitive decline.
Education Not Tied to Rate of Cognitive Change in Seniors
Education is associated with global cognition but not with the rate of cognitive change in older adults.
EEG-Guided Anesthesia Does Not Cut Postop Delirium in Seniors
HealthDay News — For older adults undergoing surgery, electroencephalogram (EEG)-guided anesthetic administration is not associated with a reduction in postoperative delirium, according to a study published in the Feb. 5 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. Troy S. Wildes, M.D., from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, and colleagues…
Hearing Loss Linked to Subjective Cognitive Function Decline
For older men, hearing loss is associated with subjective cognitive function decline.
Higher CSF NfL Protein Levels Linked to Risk for Mild Cognitive Impairment
In a population-based cohort of participants without cognitive impairment, the use of Cox proportional hazard regression models helped identify baseline CSF markers that were related to risk for mild cognitive impairment.
Cognitive Decline Similar After Cardiac Surgery, Catheterization
For older adults, declines in memory after heart surgery and cardiac catheterization are similar.
Smoking Linked to Cognitive Dysfunction in Fibromyalgia
Smoking tobacco is a risk factor for cognitive dysfunction in patients with fibromyalgia.
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