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Article: HEALTHY LIFESTYLE MAY WARD OFF MEMORY LOSS
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- Roanoke Times & World News
- Article date:
- March 10, 2006
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Do you sometimes misplace your keys, have difficulty remembering
names of people you've met, or find yourself forgetting in mid-
sentence what you were saying?
By age 50, many healthy adults begin to notice symptoms of memory
loss. Indeed, as we age, researchers have found our memory function
can decline by as much as 45 percent.
How do you know whether your memory loss is a normal process of
aging or a symptom of a medical problem? What can you do to prevent
memory loss and keep your mind sharp? For answers, I talked to Dr.
David Trinkle, a geriatric psychiatrist and medical director for the
Carilion Center for Healthy Aging.
The brain is an incredible computer that stores information ...