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Simple pharmaceutical interventions could help older brains cope with memory impairment and recovery after surgery, new studies in mice suggest. The first paper examined the problem of post-surgical cognitive impairment. Immediately after surgery, cognitive impairment is common, but studies have found that 10% of adults over the age of 60 still have deficits to learning, memory and executive function three months after surgery, Rudolph said. Propofol is a common anesthetic agent that has shown promise in other mouse studies for improving cognition in Alzheimer's disease models, though in high doses it may harm the brain, Rudolph said. To study whether...

Beautiful Graphic by Mama_Bear & RedMDer's Message! Dearest FReeper-Patriots, FRiends & Readers, Jim's surgery was a grand success! Praise God! Thank you Lord and thank you ALL for your prayers! Please continue to pray for Jim's rapid recovery and complete healing! We need and want him back with us ASAP! Howdy everyone! Checking in! All is well.~Jim @ 10/4/2013 11:41:12 AM God bless you, dearest Jim! Our faithful prayers will continue. We know it can't be easy to lose your remaining leg, and I know I can't begin to imagine the pain you went through in your battle to...