Healio (9/18, Herpen) reports, “Individuals who sustained at least one head injury saw an increased risk for developing cognitive issues over a 30-year period compared to those who did not, according to” the findings presented in a poster at the American Neurological Association annual meeting. After examining “cognition in 11,677 individuals, with 2,110 having a recorded prior head injury,” investigators found that people “who sustained a head injury were at significantly increased risk for cognitive change after 30 years.”
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— “Prior head injury linked to higher risk for cognitive change over 30 years,”Robert Herpen, Healio, September 18, 2023