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Do brain exercises stave off dementia?

In an article on the latest brain health research, Karen D. Lincoln, a professor of environmental and occupational health, told Medical News Today that although some studies suggest crossword puzzles and word games slow mental decline in people with mild cognitive impairment, the evidence is inconclusive. “These types of activities are important for stimulating the brain, but puzzles alone do not necessarily improve cognitive abilities or lower dementia risk,” she said. “We have to consider our entire vascular system as a whole rather than separating them into individual parts.”

Mindfulness & the Power of Presence
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Finding her inner firefly

At age 13, sent from Tehran to live with her aunt in Trinidad, UCI writer-in-residence Sholeh Wolpé found herself in a house “surrounded by sugar cane fields. At night, fireflies wandered in through the open window and turned my bedroom walls into a flickering universe. I loved those tiny, luminous creatures. What was it like to light up at will like that? I wanted that kind of power.” Wolpé discovered her inner lightning bug through books (“lanterns that floated in my bloodstream”) and writing. Read her story in UCI Magazine.

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