silver lining!
Susan Jeffrey
April 21, 2011 (Honolulu, Hawaii) — A new analysis of data from the Framingham Heart Study suggests that survivors of cancer, particularly nonskin cancers, appear to have a reduced risk for Alzheimer's disease (AD).
The relationship persisted when the researchers limited their analysis to patients who survived at least 10 years after their cancer, which would appear to rule out a survival bias.
"What we're seeing is the same kind of pattern in Alzheimer's that has been shown in Parkinson's," Jane A. Driver, MD, assistant professor of medicine at Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, told Medscape Medical News.
Although it might be a small comfort to cancer survivors to have a lower risk for AD in front of them, Dr. Driver said, the key implication here is that there may be biological pathways driving the association that may help illuminate both pathologic processes
Not sure how to feel about this!! LOL!
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Very interesting!
Nancy
Very interesting!
Nancy0 -
I can understand that the
I can understand that the association might help in them finding some treatment for Alzheimers. However you won't get Alzheimers you'll just have chemo brain! ha ha ha! Just a little black humour there. I just can't help myself.0 -
Great comfort for Chemo brain survivorsmariam_11_09 said:I can understand that the
I can understand that the association might help in them finding some treatment for Alzheimers. However you won't get Alzheimers you'll just have chemo brain! ha ha ha! Just a little black humour there. I just can't help myself.
Eventually we are having great news! I felt down whole day for various reasons and now I got positive news.
Penny,
You made me smile. Thanks0 -
Yes, interesting!BioAdoptMom said:Very interesting!
Nancy
Very interesting!
Nancy
Jan
Yes, interesting!
Jan0 -
At least something goodNew Flower said:Great comfort for Chemo brain survivors
Eventually we are having great news! I felt down whole day for various reasons and now I got positive news.
Penny,
You made me smile. Thanks
At least something good might come out of it.
Thanks!0 -
Well, this is good news. OfAngie2U said:At least something good
At least something good might come out of it.
Thanks!
Well, this is good news. Of course chemo brain is here already! LOL
Thanks Carkris!0 -
I just have cancer brainLighthouse_7 said:Well, this is good news. Of
Well, this is good news. Of course chemo brain is here already! LOL
Thanks Carkris!
I just have cancer brain
Thanks for sharing!
Jan0 -
Lucky me
This is especially good news since my mother had late life alzheimers. I had asked the chemo doctor yesterday if the chemo might just change the neurotransmitters in my brain so that I would no longer have ADD. He said no. Darn it! I was hoping to rid myself of a life long problem.0
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