September 13, 2008
'Chemo-brain' preventable, WVU study suggests
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - For years, cancer patients have complained about the memory loss and attention problems they experience while undergoing chemotherapy.
A new animal study from West Virginia University's School of Medicine suggests there may be a way to prevent those memory-related side effects - often called "chemo-brain."
WVU researchers have discovered that injections of a powerful antioxidant called N-acetyl cysteine, or NAC, could stop memory loss caused by chemotherapy drugs, according to a study published in the September issue of the medical journal, Metabolic Brain Disease.
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2 Comments
Posted By: Retiree in South Carolina (12:03am 09-13-2008)
Report AbuseTo Bobo- You must think that you are a clown and your comment supports how ignorant you are. To make such a stupid statement about something so serious is just plain stupid. Chemotherapy is nothing to joke about!!
Posted By: bobo (9:01am 09-13-2008)
Report AbuseIf you live in the charleston area and have a loss of memory It comes from breathing chemical plant fumes.
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