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Mayo Clinic IDs Memory Loss Disorder Often Mistaken for Alzheimer’s Mayo Clinic researchers have drafted new criteria for a memory-loss disorder that appears in older adults that looks a lot like...
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Can an Apple a Day Keep Depression Away? Maybe the adage is true. Just not the way we thought. A new longitudinal study shows that eating more fruits in midlife can stave off depression later. The...
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