COPD Linked To Cognitive Decline In Aging

Scientific Blogging ^ | July 7th 2009 | News Staff

[decimon]

Severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is associated with lower cognitive function in older adults, according to research from Mount Sinai School of Medicine.

Researchers compared cognitive performance in over 4,150 adults with and without COPD and found that individuals with severe COPD had significantly lower cognitive function than those without, even after controlling for confounding factors such as comorbidities.

[ottbmare]

Interesting. I wonder if the same applies to RAD. Probably not.

[hinckley buzzard]

Chronically suboptimal blood oxygen levels to the brain...But they used survey data without O2 readings so they will have to secure a large new grant and go re-do the study on real people, this time taking oxygen readings over a long period of time...very long term study necessary...very expensive... job security for lots of academics to prove the obvious...

[Psycho_Bunny]

So....if you don’t water the tree, it dies.

Who’d have thought that?

[refermech]

So lots of dems will be dying suddenly?

[jedi150]

No $#@%! I have it and could have told them this without a study!