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ABSTRACT & COMMENTARY Source: Kivipelto M, et al. Neurology. 2001;56:1683-1689. AGE-RELATED COGNITIVE DECLINE OR MILD COGNItive impairment (MCI) has attracted medical attention because of its relationship to Alzheimer disease (AD). [...]

Cognitive Decline from Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer? ABSTRACT & COMMENTARY It is not uncommon for our patients who have survived high-dose therapy to report, when pushed (only rarely is [...]

Consuming too many carbohydrates could be bad for your brain, according to recent research linking high carbohydrate intake to greater risk of mild cognitive impairment. Diets heavy in sugar and [...]

Damos, D.L..; John, R.S.; Parker, ES.; Levine, A.M. "Cognitive Function in Asymptomatic HIV Infection." Archives of Neurology, February 1997;54(2): 179-185. According to the authors' abstract of an article published in [...]

There are few clinical trial data on cognitive effects of antimuscarinic agents in elderly patients with overactive bladder (OAB). A new review reports on relevant clinical trial findings for antimuscarinic [...]

Source: Vermeer SE, et al. Silent brain infarcts and the risk of dementia and cognitive decline. N Engl J Med. 2003;348: 1215-1222. THERE IS LITTLE DOUBT THAT CEREBROVASCULAR disease is [...]

Prenatal cocaine exposure may cause significant cognitive deficits and double the rate of developmental delay during the first two years of a child's life, according to findings published in last [...]

According to an article published .n the March 6 Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), long-term heavy marijuana .use can negatively affect performance on tests of memory .and attention. [...]

Ketamine has become increasingly popular in recent years as a club drug. New research from University College London in the United Kingdom has found that heavy use of ketamine can [...]

Source: Stolz E, Gerrietz T, Kluge A et al. Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging and neurobiochemical markers after aortic valve replacement. Implications for future neuroprotective trials? Stroke. 2004;35:888-892. CARDIAC SURGERY MAY [...]

Sources: Helmstaedter C, et al. Chronic epilepsy and cognition: A longitudinal study in temporal lobe epilepsy. Ann Neurol. 2003;54:425-432; Duncan JS, Thompson PJ. Editorial. The cognitive consequences of epilepsy. Ann [...]

Source: Solowij N, et al. JAMA. 2002;287:1128-1131. WHETHER LONG-TERM HEAVY cannabis (LHC) use is associated with persistent impairment of cognitive function (COG) is an important public health issue not only [...]