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Sunday, November 25, 2012

Decreased Kidney Function Associated With Memory Decline.


HealthDay Share to FacebookShare to Twitter (11/20, Preidt) reports, "Decreased kidney function leads to declines in thinking and memory," according to a study published Nov. 19 in the journal Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation. After looking "at changes in kidney function and mental skills for five years in nearly 600 people," researchers found that "the greater the decrease in a person's kidney function during that time, the greater their decline in overall intellectual abilities, particularly abstract reasoning and verbal memory."

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