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A study of nearly 1,500 men and women found that those who exercised for 30 minutes or more at least twice...
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Doctors still don't know what causes Alzheimer's disease. Worse: Today's treatments are far from ideal, but...
Experimental drugs designed to preserve memory function lost to age or brain disease may do so at the expense of other forms...
Memories are more than just images from our past. They shape how we think of ourselves in the present and affect the...
The human brain, which weighs about three pounds and is composed of approximately 100 billion nerve cells (neurons), is the most complex...
Nearly half of people age 50 or older complain of mild age-related memory problems. Good news: Studies show that 55% of aging&...
Scientists used to assume that older adults don't learn as well as younger people and children...that creativity is strongest...
Two studies indicate that non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), including aspirin and other aspirin-like drugs such as ibuprofen, can restore brain cell (neuron)...