Chronic Pain Linked to Increased Risk of Dementia in Study of Older Adults
Researchers at UCSF have found that older people with persistent pain show quicker declines in memory as they age and are more likely to have dementia years later.
University of California San Francisco
Give to UCSFResearchers at UCSF have found that older people with persistent pain show quicker declines in memory as they age and are more likely to have dementia years later.
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The New Generation Health Center will continue to provide reproductive health care for teens and young adults through a new partnership that will enable it to co-locate across the street from its current location.
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Since her days as a physician trainee, Diane Havlir, now Chief of the HIV, Infectious Diseases and Global Medicine Division at UCSF, has continued the crusade to end AIDS. She spoke about global HIV elimination at Fortune’s Brainstorm Health Conference in San Diego on May 2.
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