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Staying Sharp

Research shows that hearing loss is a risk factor for dementia, and it’s been linked to a greater risk of cognitive decline, depression and falls.
Five years ago, three friends who loved the outdoors quit their jobs, traded their homes for RVs and began hiking their way across the country.
Understanding differences between individuals is crucial for understanding how memory functions or declines in older adults, researchers say.
Aerobic exercise — which gets your heart pumping out more oxygen-carrying blood — may play a role in improving your thinking and memory skills.
While typical diets are built around restrictive lists of foods that you should and shouldn’t eat, intermittent fasting takes a very different tack.
There is plenty of research that exercise benefits the brain, but could having a healthy brain also push us to exercise?
Score one for books. Picking up a good page-turner for reading is entertaining and may be great for your brain and your long-term health.
Your procrastination is a learned behavior that you might have picked up for multiple reasons. Here are five common underlying causes.
If your cellphone is taking up too much of your attention, you're not alone. Learn more about their distracting effect and the repercussions of that.
Vitamin E plays key roles throughout the body. To meet your targets, put these foods in regular rotation throughout your week.
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