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Sheila Garland, PhD, MSc, Memorial University in Newfoundland, Canada talks about the cognitive effects cancer can have on patients, beyond treatment side effects, and the direct impacts these can make on patients’ lives and care.

Measuring levels of synaptic protein NPTX2 in cognitively normal adults may help predict onset of mild cognitive impairment years before symptoms emerge.

Taking. again and again, it was more plants, fewer pills. >> i had the patient, shes getting four, five medications to control her hypertension. with the cannabis oil, we stopped all the medications. >> reporter: and there was one more thing -- >> this one 98-year-old that started reading. >> reporter: so their cognition actually improved. >> actually improved. >> reporter: do you think its because the cannabis is protecting the brain somehow? >> could be. could be. >> reporter: very early studi...

Were also able to reduce the other drugs they had been taking. again and again, it was more plants, fewer pills. >> i had the patient, shes getting four, five medications to control her hypertension. with the cannabis oil we stopped all the medications. >> reporter: and there was one more thing. >> theres this one 98-year-old that he started reading. >> reporter: so their cognition actually improved. >> actually improved. >> reporter: and do you think its because the cannabis is protecting the b...

Medication be available for women? >> with the fda approval, it will certainly be happening sooner than later, that was a big hurdle. listen, you talked about half 1 million moms. chances are you at home they know someone who has gone through this. maybe you yourself have gone through this. and this is something that historically has had so many stigma around it. the symptoms include trying more than usual after giving birth, we are talking about feeling numb or disconnected from your baby or we...

Networks, responsible for mood, arousal, behavior, cognition. but it is the speed, working in this little as three days, that could be a difference maker, says one of the doctors involved in the trial. >> it is so important that we have treatments that can act quickly and current antidepressant therapy available, orally, can take weeks to months to work. >> news of -- thrills marissa newberry. >> i absolutely wish that this had been an option for me. >> therapy and support group, and medication ...

Optical illusions help scientists assess cognitive challenges, especially in mental tasks. Object recognition, also known as pattern recognition, is a

Q: I had Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia as a child — I’m 34 now — and I have been hearing a lot about the possible long-term heart problems that the original

1. Patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) randomized to a combined intervention of aerobic-resistance exercise and computerized cognitive training, had significantly improved cognitive scores compared to control. 2. There was no significant difference in cognitive improvement when comparing interventions with and without Vitamin D supplementation. Evidence Rating Level: 1 (Excellent) For individuals with mild cognitive impairment

Patients with AF sometimes experience cognitive dysfunction after ablation. New data show its short-lived and that ablation might in fact improve cognition in the long run.