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Video games may do the aging brain good

researchers found that those who learned to play a strategy-heavy video game improved their scores on a number of tests of cognitive function. Men and women who trained in the game for about a month showed gains in tests of memory, reasoning and th [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Dementia patients hate baby-talk, or "elderspeak"

When you talk to your senile grandparent next time, speak normally. New research shows that baby-talking to them annoys the hell out of them, and stay off their lawn! "When staff members spoke in elderspeak, the residents' resistance to care nearly  [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Leahy subtly compares McCain's slip-ups to Alzheimers, Reagan

Leahy alludes to McCain's "referring to Russia's relationship [with] Czechoslovakia -- a country that hasn't existed for 15 years..." Is this fair game? [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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