Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are at an increased risk of cognitive impairment, with a notably higher likelihood of developing non-amnestic mild cognitive impairment.

The approval of a controversial new drug for Alzheimer’s disease, Aduhelm, is shining a spotlight on mild cognitive impairment (MCI) — problems with memory, attention, language or other cognitive ...

—A long-term study, which followed patients for 25 years, found that individuals with schizophrenia and other psychoses were at higher risk of mild-to-moderate and severe impairment relative to adults ...

Depression, sometimes called major depressive disorder, can hurt your ability to think through even simple daily tasks. Doctors call this decline in thinking skills "cognitive impairment." Cognitive ...

Figure 1. Cognitive Rigidity is one element in a challegning suite of traits and behaviors. For details, see text. Figure (c) James Coplan, MD, used by permission.B Source: James Coplan, MD When I was ...