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Keep forgetting things? Worried about your brain? Here’s what I learned when I had mine scanned
From dementia to mild cognitive impairment, it’s easy to be terrified of what ageing will do our minds. But the vast majority of us can reduce the danger – especially if we look after our bodies
Like a lot of people who are getting on, I find myself wondering about my brain. If I mislay my glasses, or struggle with a name, is it just common-or-garden forgetfulness – the sort of slip I might have made well before hitting 60 – or something more worrying?
Why, I think, did I have to ask my wife to remind me what we’re doing for her birthday? Why can’t I remember if I locked the front door? Why did I fail to send that email I desperately need an answer to?
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I spent a week on the Chinese version of E-Trade. Here’s what I found.
The maze of platforms and unverifiable information adds frustration to an already nettlesome — to say nothing of risky — stock market in China.MarketWatch - Business -
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Men are less able to identify eating disorders – I called mine ‘cutting weight’ | Tom Usher
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Here Is What The Pope Thinks About AI
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I am in jail for breaking windows at JP Morgan, the biggest funder of fossil fuels. Here's why I did it
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‘After I spoke publicly about it, one woman told me I was in a death cult’: Jonathan Dimbleby on assisted dying
Seeing his brother’s distressing deterioration has made the broadcaster even more certain that legal reform is needed. My brother was a sculptor. A vibrant, formidable force. Physically strong and intellectually clear-minded, with a wonderful ...The Guardian - World -
A Father's Day ode to Papi, and what I never asked
Journalist Kristina Puga regrets she didn't ask more questions to her own dad, Fabián Puga, as she honors his legacy on Father's Day.NBC News - Top stories
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