Growing research shows how two of the major cancer treatments, radiation and chemotherapy, can lead to long-term cognitive impairment

Mind jum­ble: Under­stand­ing chemo brain (Stan­ford Med­i­cine): Sarah Liu was treat­ed for leukemia as a teenag­er. She attend­ed her high school grad­u­a­tion on a four-hour pass from Lucile Packard Children’s Hos­pi­tal Stan­ford and was bald under her white grad­u­a­tion cap, her arm ban­daged where she’d been receiv­ing chemother­a­py drugs. Liu sur­vived can­cer and the ordeal of…

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First, do no harm? Study finds association between androgen deprivation therapy and increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease

Pros­trate Can­cer Treat­ment Tied To Alzheimer’s Risk (New York Times): “Hor­mone ther­a­py, a com­mon treat­ment for prostate can­cer, is asso­ci­at­ed with an increased risk for Alzheimer’s dis­ease, a new study has found…Overall, those treat­ed with hor­mone ther­a­py had an 88 per­cent increased risk of Alzheimer’s com­pared with oth­er patients. The longer 

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Update: To succeed at school, children with ADHD need both medication and non-medication treatments

. Time for Sharp­Brains’ March e‑newsletter, wrap­ping up this mon­th’s key neu­ro­science stud­ies, neu­rotech­nol­ogy news and brain fit­ness insights. Upcom­ing events May 2015 Online Course: How to Nav­i­gate Con­ven­tion­al and Com­ple­men­tary ADHD Treat­ments for Healthy Brain Devel­op­ment Neu­roGam­ing + ESCoNS Sum­mit 2015 (May 5–7; San Fran­cis­co) New research To improve aca­d­e­m­ic out­comes, chil­dren with ADHD need both medication…

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Next: Tools to detect and treat “chemo brain” symptoms common in around 35% of breast cancer survivors

UCLA study reveals treat­ment for women with breast can­cer suf­fer­ing cog­ni­tive dif­fi­cul­ties (Health­Canal): “UCLA researchers have devel­oped a pro­gram that could improve the day-to-day lives of women with breast can­cer by address­ing post-treat­­ment cog­ni­tive dif­fi­cul­ties, some­times known as “chemo brain,” which can affect up to 35 per­cent of women after their treatments

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Finally, growing awareness of chemotherapy-induced cognitive deficits

Brain activ­i­ty changes seen after chemo (Reuters): “For some women with breast can­cer, changes in brain activ­i­ty while mul­ti­task­ing could explain “chemo brain” – reduced men­tal func­tion­ing that many expe­ri­ence after chemother­a­py, Bel­gian researchers say. “Cog­ni­tive com­plaints of peo­ple increase with chemother­a­py and 

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Measuring and treating Chemo Brain

Chemo Brain’ After Breast Can­cer Backed by Study (US News): “Breast can­cer patients treat­ed with chemother­a­py are at risk for mild men­tal deficits known col­lec­tive­ly as “chemo brain,” a new study finds. Researchers at the Mof­fitt Can­cer Cen­ter in Tam­pa, Fla., reviewed exist­ing research on brain func­tion (“cog­ni­tive” func­tion­ing) in

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