"Chemo Brain"

http://insciences.org/article.php?article_id=7524

This article highlights an important study that has recently been conducted which found that the cancer treatment, chemotherapy, may have some negative implications on brain functioning. Specifically, the prefrontal cortex seems to be the most affected. This area of the brain accounts for basic cognitive functioning, such as memory, planning, and attention. While other side-effects of chemotherapy have long been apparent, such as pain, nausea, and muscle wasting, the treatment's affect on the brain is more serious and should be further looked into. Obviously, the negative effects on the brain cannot be reversed, and the brain is not something you'd want to mess with. Personally, I refrain from taking most medication because while it does fix one problem, it creates many others ("side-effects"), and I do not see this as being efficient. Therefore, coming from me, this is definitely an interesting finding and one more reason for scientists to work to quickly discover newer, more efficient ways of treating cancer, ways which do not harm necessary brain functioning.