Tag: Dementia
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Long-Term Cognitive Effects of Chemotherapy
Many years ago, my ex-husband’s grandmother (Grandma L) was diagnosed with leukemia in her late seventies and went through some intense cancer treatments that eventually put it into remission. Some late effects of cancer treatment can also lead to psychological problems. After treatment was complete, as a cancer survivor, Grandma L experienced anxiety and depression.…
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Risk Factors of Dementia
Thankfully, there are many specialists in memory care and far more information regarding dementia and Alzheimer’s today than there was in the early 1980s. My great-grandmother (Grammy) suffered from a head injury when she was in her twenties and later, starting in her late sixties, suffered from Alzheimer’s and died by the time she was…