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To remember better Take a Nap

Stylised diagram of the hippocampus

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The best way to remember just learned song, a mathematical solution to a task or a new trick with cards is to take a short nap after learning , suggest German scientists.

Researchers have proven that the brain during sleep much better resists ‘deterioration’ of fresh information, so that their study sheds new light on an extremely complex process, which is stored and used by people deliberately acquired information and data, transmits radio ‘Deutsche Welle‘.

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Can Aspirin Prolong A Healthy Life?

Can Aspirin Prolong A Healthy Life?
The Aspirin in Reducing Events in the Elderly (ASPREE) study aims to assess whether aspirin can not only prolong life, but a life free of physical disability and/or dementia for healthy older people.

According to Dr. Raj Shah, assistant professor of family medicine at the Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center and an ASPREE investigator, “Aspirin is one of the most commonly used medicines in the world. Whether the benefits of taking aspirin to maintain a life free of disability in an older person outweigh the risk of bleeding is a critically important health question to answer.”