ButobservationalstudieslikeChanner's can bemisleading, notes Williamo'neill, MD, professorofcardiology at the Universityof MiamiMiller Schoolof Medicine.
More than two decades ago, "The families frequently lacked hope, " said Dr. Gwendolyn Scott, director of Pediatric Infectious Disease and Immunology at the UniversityofMiamiMillerSchoolofMedicine, who treated the newborns.
"This is probably the best in terms of long-term follow study that I've seen in terms of associating dementia with depression, " said Dr. Richard Isaacson, associate professor of neurology at the Universityof Miami's MillerSchoolofMedicine, who was not involved with the research.