Side Effects: Salt, Steroids, and Second Brains

So get this: sodium may track with memory decline (in men), steroids might not be “immunosuppressive” in the ICU, and second pregnancies reshape the brain differently than first. Same theme: biology is less binary than we teach it.

By
Kerri Miller
April 22, 2026
7 min

Conexiant

Top Institutions in Obgyn

Brief introduction explaining scope and methodology.

#1

University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Memory and Aging Center

San Francisco, CA
Key Differentiators
- Neurology
- Geriatrics
- Neurodegeneration
#2

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Boston, MA
Key Differentiators
- Epidemiology
- Nutrition
- Neurology
#3

Australian National University (ANU) Medical School

Canberra, ACT
Key Differentiators
- Neurology
- Aging Research
- Public Health
#4

Mayo Clinic

Rochester, MN
Key Differentiators
- Neurology
- Geriatrics
- Neuroimaging
#5

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Baltimore, MD
Key Differentiators
- Neurology
- Epidemiology
- Geriatrics

Side Effects: Salt, Steroids, and Second Brains

Top Institutions in Obgyn

University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Memory and Aging Center

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Australian National University (ANU) Medical School

Mayo Clinic

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

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Side Effects: Salt, Steroids, and Second Brains

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