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Low-dose lithium may slow verbal memory decline
An exploratory clinical trial suggests that low-dose oral lithium may help slow the decline in verbal memory—the ability to remember and recall words and sentences—in older adults with mild cognitive…
Diet and Lifestyle
Gut microbiome interventions restore feeding behavior altered by early-life unhealthy diet
A new study in mice finds that an unhealthy diet early in life causes lasting changes in the brain and feeding behavior, but interventions targeting the gut microbiome can help…
Preventive Medicine
Vitamin D deficiency increases risk of hospitalization from serious respiratory tract infections by 33 percent
Severe vitamin D deficiency is associated with a higher rate of hospitalization for respiratory tract infections such as bronchitis and pneumonia. …





















