Early Ovarian Surgery Linked to Dementia
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NEW YORK -- Women who have their ovaries removed before menopause run a heightened risk of developing dementia or other mental problems later in life _ unless they take estrogen until age 50, a new study suggests.
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Walking exercises our bodies, and now we&#39;re finding it might exercise our brains too. A study of older women found that regular walking, just a few hours a week, can have a significant effect on protecting the brain from early signs of dementia.
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For people with more years of schooling, a new study suggests that once the effects of dementia begin, they move more rapidly.
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The results of a new study  support a number of previous studies that have shown that  staying mentally active reduces the risk of developing  Alzheimer&#39;s disease and the mild impairments that precede the  condition.
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Duke University Medical Center researchers have found that two years after major non-cardiac surgery, 42 percent of elderly patients will have experienced a measurable cognitive decline.
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FRIDAY, Aug. 24 (HealthDay News) -- Elderly people with the apolipoprotein E (APOE) e4 gene variant -- associated with an increased risk of late-onset Alzheimer&#39;s disease and other types of dementia -- are more likely to develop postoperative delirium after major surgery than those without the gene variant, a U.S. study finds.
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People 60 and older who undergo  elective surgery may be at higher risk of lasting memory  problems, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.
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THURSDAY, June 7 (HealthDay News) -- New ways of imaging the heart, the brain and the pelvis could lead to better diagnosis and treatment of illnesses such as heart disease, Alzheimer&#39;s disease and ovarian cancer.
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NEW YORK  - Findings from a new study   confirm that obesity is associated with decreased survival   among women with ovarian cancer.
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Obesity surgery could lead to a vitamin deficiency condition which can result in memory loss, researchers say.
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(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A new surgery for women being treated for cervical cancer may protect fertility and stave off ovarian failure.
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NEW YORK  - People 65 years of age or older may think twice about having weight loss surgery, according to a surgeon who performs this operation and has studied the outcome.
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NEW YORK  - The presence in middle age of  risk factors for cardiovascular disease, like smoking or high  cholesterol, is strongly tied to the development of dementia  later in life, investigators in California report.
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Some obese people who have  weight-loss surgery, particularly younger women, develop a  neurological condition most often seen in severe alcoholics and  linked to a vitamin deficiency, researchers said on Monday.
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MONDAY,  Sept. 20 (HealthDayNews) -- When should people with Alzheimer's or other cognitive impairments lose the right to vote?
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Drug therapy given before the  primary chemotherapy for breast cancer does not appear to  worsen mental processes, or &quot;cognitive function,&quot; German  investigators report in the journal Cancer. Suspicions that it  does may have been influenced by cases of mental decline that  occurred before treatment began.
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Elderly patients who carry the  apolipoprotein E (APOE) e4 allele, a gene mutation implicated  in Alzheimer&#39;s disease, are at increased risk for experiencing  early delirium after surgery, investigators report.