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

June 5, 2020 by SharpBrains

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 her treat­ment, and for many years she thrived. But today, at 53, she strug­gles to remem­ber the names of all the Stan­ford oncol­o­gists who helped her, though she reveres them for sav­ing her life. Many years lat­er, her child­hood can­cer treat­ments — chemother­a­py and radi­a­tion — have left her brain muddled…She’s among the legions of can­cer sur­vivors suf­fer­ing from chemo brain, a neu­ro­log­i­cal dis­or­der for­mal­ly known as chemother­a­py-relat­ed cog­ni­tive impairment…

[Read more…] about Grow­ing research shows how two of the major can­cer treat­ments, radi­a­tion and chemother­a­py, can lead to long-term cog­ni­tive impairment

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: astrocyte, chemo-brain, chemobrain, chemotherapy, chemotherapy-related cognitive impairment, cognitive difficulties, Cognitive-impairment, microglia, myelin, oligodendrocyte, OPC

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

December 15, 2015 by SharpBrains

prostate_cancer_therapyPros­trate 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 [Read more…] about First, do no harm? Study finds asso­ci­a­tion between andro­gen depri­va­tion ther­a­py and increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health Tagged With: Alzheimer’s Disease, Alzheimer’s disease risk, androgen deprivation therapy, chemo-brain, cognitive, cognitive-function, electronic medical records, Hormone therapy, hospitals

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

March 31, 2015 by SharpBrains

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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 and non-med­ica­tion treatments
  • Enhanc­ing brain func­tion­ing, and pre­vent­ing cog­ni­tive decline, via diet, exer­cise and cog­ni­tive training
  • An inno­v­a­tive tele­health ser­vice to pro­vide high qual­i­ty ADHD treatment
  • New ways to detect and treat “chemo brain” symp­toms com­mon in around 35% of breast can­cer survivors

New tools

  • FDA-cleared mobile brain mon­i­tor­ing tools to detect cog­ni­tive impairment
  • Non-inva­sive brain stim­u­la­tion meets nanotechnology
  • Brain waves help pre­dict stress-relat­ed sleep problems
  • Dig­i­tal health–with a brain twist–sees increased mil­i­tary adoption
  • Track­ing brain games’ data to mea­sure cog­ni­tive and emo­tion­al traits?
  • Upcom­ing mar­ket report on Per­va­sive Neurotechnology

 

Enjoy the spring!

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Filed Under: Attention & ADD/ADHD, Brain/ Mental Health, Education & Lifelong Learning Tagged With: adhd, brain, Brain Monitoring, Brain-Fitness, brain-functioning, Brain-games, chemo-brain, cognitive-decline, Cognitive-Training, medication, Neurogaming, Neurotechnology

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

March 23, 2015 by SharpBrains

fog brainUCLA 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 [Read more…] about Next: Tools to detect and treat “chemo brain” symp­toms com­mon in around 35% of breast can­cer survivors

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health Tagged With: Breast cancer survivors, cancer-treatment, chemo-brain, cognitive difficulties, cognitive-function, cognitive-rehabilitation, improve-cognitive-function, neurocognitive, neurocognitive testing, neurophysiological, neuropsychological, QEEG, UCLA

Finally, growing awareness of chemotherapy-induced cognitive deficits

May 29, 2014 by SharpBrains

fog brainBrain 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 [Read more…] about Final­ly, grow­ing aware­ness of chemother­a­py-induced cog­ni­tive deficits

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: brain-activity, breast cancer, chemo-brain, chemotherapy, cognitive complaints, cognitive risks, mental-performance, multitasking

Measuring and treating Chemo Brain

October 3, 2012 by SharpBrains

‘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 [Read more…] about Mea­sur­ing and treat­ing Chemo Brain

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health Tagged With: brain-function, breast cancer, chemo-brain, chemotherapy, cognitive, cognitive-function, Cognitive-Training, neuropsychological, neuropsychological-tests, speed-of-processing

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