WATCH: Global News report on ‘Chemo Brain’
WATCH: Dr. Todd Handy confirms “chemo brain” is a real thing and discusses how cancer patients are affected by treatment. There’s hair loss, changes to your appetite and incessant fatigue – chemotherapy is a gruelling process. But new Canadian research is warning that another side effect is difficulty concentrating. In a new study, scientists out […]
‘Chemo Brain’ is real
UBC research shows that chemotherapy can lead to excessive mind wandering and an inability to concentrate. Dubbed ‘chemo-brain,’ the negative cognitive effects of the cancer treatment have long been suspected, but the UBC study is the first to explain why patients have difficulty paying attention. Breast cancer survivors were asked to complete a set of […]