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Daily Archives: September 1, 2017

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A TRIPLE WHAMMY

Aging and the Brain, Brain Fitness, Brain Trauma, Injury, Chemobrain, Cognitive impairmentsBy Dr. MerzenichSeptember 1, 2017

1) First you have cancer. Saving your bacon requires a heavy dose of chemo. 2) The chemotherapy drugs generate diffuse, destructive physical changes in your brain. Memory and other cognitive abilities are affected. 3) Your mental decline, in aging, is now on a faster track, and you have now roughly doubled risk for the onset…

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