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Want secrets for a lucid old age?
A guest post by Alvah Parker, Career Transition Coach and Practice Advisor for Attorneys
A recent NY Times article focuses on a group of women in their 90s that play bridge with each other regularly. Researchers believe there are a couple of components to longevity - social interaction and using the mind. The game of [...]
The Super Memory Club
The Times’s Benedict Carey sits in on the weekly bridge game at Laguna Woods and discusses the longest and largest ongoing study of people 90 and over and the potential benefits of mental exercise.
Check out the video from the New York Times here:
http://video.nytimes.com/video/playlist/health/1194811622283/index.html#1194840414235
Avoid Alzheimer's With Abundant Exercise
It takes more than crossword puzzles to keep a healthy brain!
COMBINE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL EXERCISEWe’ve all heard that mental exercises exercising memory and problem solving can help to keep our brains healthy and vibrant.
What researchers have found out is that physical exercise not only is good for the heart and general circulation, [...]
