Study participants with mild memory problems who received nicotine performed better six months later at tasks such as reacting to a stimulus on a computer screen and memorizing a paragraph, according to the study.
The results are important because doctors have gotten better at diagnosing dementiawhile the condition is still in its early stages, said study co-author Dr. Paul Newhouse, a professor of psychiatry at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
"The earlier you can intervene, the better," Newhouse said. "We want to treat people as early as we can and save as much brain function as we can."
The study is published (Jan. 9) in the journal Neurology .... Read more at https://www.sott.net
