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Can't Remember What I Forgot

The latest research on memory loss and the aging brain

Memory
Brain exercises: Do They Work (chapter 1)

Sue Halpern on August 29, 2008

 The pressing question of the age: Is The New York Times crossword puzzle going to save you from memory decline?  

 The pressing question of the age: Is The New York Times crossword puzzle going to save you from memory decline?  

Memory
Sweet dreams John McCain, or what?

Sue Halpern on August 20, 2008

The oft-prescribed drug Ambien has been implicated in numerous cases of sleep-driving, sleep gorging, and sleep-stealing, none of it remembered once it has worn off.  John McCain, takes Ambien when he has trouble sleeping.  Then what?

The oft-prescribed drug Ambien has been implicated in numerous cases of sleep-driving, sleep gorging, and sleep-stealing, none of it remembered once it has worn off.  John McCain, takes Ambien when he has trouble sleeping.  Then what?

Neuroscience
Rape, robbery, memory

Sue Halpern on August 13, 2008

A "benign" seasickness drug, with a checkered history, has been implicated in cruise ship and date rapes, as well as robbery, and because it interferes with memory, victims are at a loss to identify their assailants.

A "benign" seasickness drug, with a checkered history, has been implicated in cruise ship and date rapes, as well as robbery, and because it interferes with memory, victims are at a loss to identify their assailants.

Memory
Holy Tau! Are we there yet?

Sue Halpern on July 31, 2008

It was a bad month for a host of promising new Alzheimer's drugs...until yesterday.

It was a bad month for a host of promising new Alzheimer's drugs...until yesterday.

Memory
Pimp My Drug

Sue Halpern on July 20, 2008

Who would have thought that the next new thing for treating Alzheimer's might be in the back of the medicine cabinet of a Russian with hayfever?

Who would have thought that the next new thing for treating Alzheimer's might be in the back of the medicine cabinet of a Russian with hayfever?

Anxiety
Test Anxiety

Sue Halpern on July 12, 2008

Why get tested for memory loss when you can worry like hell about it instead?

Why get tested for memory loss when you can worry like hell about it instead?