HOUSTON: The Institute of Medicine recommends that you relax a little bit. Everything ages, even your brain. There are things you can do, and disaster is most likely not around the corner.
“Cognitive functioning in older adults can improve in some areas, such as those related to wisdom and experience, and it can decline in others, such as memory, attention and speed of processing,” the panel of experts wrote. “Individuals vary widely in the specific cognitive changes that occur with age, in the nature and extent of cognitive aging, as well as in the ways these changes affect daily life,” said…