349 results for “memory”

By Marc Rothman, MD   A while back, I received a call from a college buddy, a successful family man who was running a small business but had no idea how to handle a parent with memory loss. His father had passed, and now his mother’s memory and behavior were…

What’s the latest buzz on coffee? The good news is that scientific data continues to support the health benefits of coffee consumption, with health and longevity benefits resulting from your morning cup(s) of Joe. However, if that means you’ll double up today on your Dunkin’ mocha latte, that’s another matter,…

By Mary Fridley   It’s been a while since I last wrote a column for agebuzz. Unfortunately, an array of issues related to work and health has made it difficult to do little more than the basics.   While I’m doing much better, I probably would’ve mustered whatever energy it…

As you’ve gotten older, have you shied away from lifting weights or challenging your ability to improve your strength? Are you afraid your muscles have gotten weaker, or that you might injure yourself if you lift heavy weights? Well, if you haven’t done much to work on your muscles in…

It’s a tough question to think about, but it could yield a life-altering response depending on how you decide. If you’re having memory or word-retrieval problems, or in some other way are beginning to experience symptoms that may reflect cognitive decline, would you want to know if you are in…

No matter how diligent, careful, or disciplined we are, many, if not most of us, seem to lose the battle over middle-aged “spread.” Our bellies begin to expand as the years go by, so that by late middle age, into our senior years, we may have a large protruding belly….