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Hospital Stays May Spur Brain Decline in Seniors

(HealthScout) UPDATED 2010-02-25
Researchers say elderly people who have been hospitalized are more likely to develop dementia than people who have not been hospitalized. Data collected over 13 years on 2,929 people suggests that people who were hospitalized for non-critical illnesses were 40 percent more likely to develop dementia than those who were not hospitalized. Researchers say they're not sure what links the two, but it may be sedatives, medications, low blood pressure, or delirium.  Read full story >
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