Cognitive impairment and cancer mortality: a biological or health care explanation?
Cognitive function appears to be inversely associated not only with CVD and overall, but also with cancer mortality. Although for CVD mortality there is a biomedical explanation invoking vascular mechanisms, for cancer mortality we may need to focus on socially conditioned factors, such as compromised ability to identify early signs and suboptimal compliance to treatment. Our hypothesis-generating results need to be confirmed in larger studies, as the issue is of major importance, since cognitive decline is not uncommon among the elderly.
Increasing decision-to-delivery interval is associated with higher risk of adverse perinatal outcomes, but a 95% live intact survival can be achieved if the delivery occurs within 2 hours.