HOUSTON: Now, another apparent benefit has been added to the list of chocolate’s nutritional qualities: it makes you smarter.

A study indicated that people who eat chocolate at least once a week saw their memory and abstract thinking improve.

“It’s significant – it touches a Read More »

CHICAGO: It could be decades before there is a breakthrough, but a researcher has developed a computational statistical model of brain function in the posterior parietal cortex, the rear top part of the brain that is involved in sensory processing. His research could shed light Read More »

BOSTON: Retirement communities and skilled nursing homes imply a level of elevated safety in their commercial pitch to prospective customers.

But evidence is mounting that age-apartheid compounds are increasingly becoming soft crime targets and the care sector is trashing its reputation by doing nothing to effectively Read More »

PHOENIX: Older people hoping to hang on to their memory and thinking skills in later life should pack away their knitting needles and buy a computer, a new study suggests.

Silver surfers in their 70s are 42 per cent less likely to develop the mental Read More »