Q My husband and I are beginning to show signs of memory loss, which no doubt will get worse with time. We visited a very qualified neurologist,
* Don’t isolate yourself. A MacArthur Foundation study found that keeping close contacts with others and remaining involved in other people’s lives predicted successful ageing (Kahn RL, Rowe JW. Successful Aging. New York: Pantheon, 1998).
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Re your special report on memory loss (WDDTY vol 16 no 3), with increasing years, I notice my memory slipping.