The June issue of O, The Oprah Magazine features an article, "Watch This. No - Read It!", which reports on a neuroscience finding of interest for those of us worried about keeping our brains strong. The article reports that reading exercises your brain more than watching the film adaptation of a book or TV reports of news.
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Earlier in May, The New York Times ran two interesting articles concerning some of the latest information on brain research. I think both have messages of interest for readers of this website.
The first article, For a Sharp Brain, Stimulation, reports that researchers have found that the brain actually is capable of generating new... Read more
The May 2008 issue of body+soul features a thought-provoking story on caregiving, entitled, "Taking Care of You." Part of the headline in the magazine says it all: "Caregiving takes more than skill. It also takes stamina." We often forget about constant demands on our energy as we try to help loved ones, but being able to mentally, physically and... Read more
I must admit that I had never thought about the statistics before. The latest issue of Time features an article by Sue Halpern entitled, "Forgetting Is the New Normal." She notes that 14 million people in the United States will develop Alzheimer's disease in the next 40 years. Furthermore, 50% of the population will develop symptoms of Alzheimer's... Read more
What would it be like if we gave the elderly the time and the information to make their own decisions about the level of medical care given to them as they approach the final hour? That's the idea behind slow medicine, which is described in a New York Times article by Jane Gross.
"Grounded in research at the Dartmouth Medical... Read more
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