Fact: Multiple factors can contribute to memory problems…and “getting older” is often not the main one

By SharpBrains | March 17, 2016

When Mem­o­ry Changes Are More Than ‘Just Get­ting Old­er’ (US News): “You’ve prob­a­bly heard this phrase before: “I’m just get­ting older”…The expla­na­tion should be used with cau­tion, though. Often, I tell my patients not to blame some­thing they are expe­ri­enc­ing on “just get­ting old­er,” because they might miss some­thing that could be treatable

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Cardiac Surgery Can Impact Long-term Cognitive Functioning, Suggesting Need for Monitoring and Rehab

By SharpBrains | July 5, 2012

Post-Op Delir­i­um’s Toll on Men­tal Func­tion May Linger: Study (US News): “Delir­i­um after car­diac surgery has been thought of as a brief, reversible con­di­tion, but new research is sug­gest­ing that [men­tal] recov­ery for some peo­ple may take much longer than thought, and that there are long-term cog­ni­tive con­se­quences,” said study co-lead author Jane Saczynski, 

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