While the name may sound like slang, the term “chemobrain” is becoming more recognized as a real experience of some breast cancer patients. The symptoms include memory loss, inability to concentrate and difficulty thinking.
Researchers from the UCLA Center for Culture and Health recently studied the problem with focus groups and in-depth interviews of 74 women who had completed breast cancer treatment. Their research was published in the Journal of Cancer Survivorship.

Many of the women in the study described cognitive changes that were both frustrating and upsetting to them. Most of the women complained about the medical community’s failure to acknowledge …read more

If you’re middle-aged and have high blood pressure, anywhere from 140/90 or higher, you may have trouble with your memory as well.
An interesting study, published in the most recent issue of the journal Neurology, found that people over the age of 45 years who had a high lower blood pressure number, the diastolic number had a higher chance of having memory or cognitive problems than those who are normotensive, or have normal diastolic blood pressure numbers.
Researchers looked at almost 20,000 people who were over 45 years old. According to a press release from American Academy of Neurology,
For every 10 …read more

I suppose if even Rachael (do you ever let your guests speak? ) Ray is talking about menopause well then everyone must be.
There is one element of this fabulous change in direction in a woman’s life that people are familiar with…but don’t seem to dwell on.
Memory loss or scatter-brain-ness. (And I am just in the beginning stages, I think.)
It’s one thing when I’m standing alone in my pantry — wondering if I was supposed to be looking for an ingredient, or if I was supposed to go get the mail.
It’s quite another when this gem of a …read more