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TOKYO — Found in berries and teas, flavonols could be key to boosting memory and sleep — if only there was a way to get the body to absorb more of them. A team of scientists at the Shibaura Institute ...

Ashley Wong, PharmD, is an experienced pharmacist and medical writer who translates medical and drug information into easily digestible language. Effect on memory: Benzodiazepines are known to affect ...

A study from the Institute of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism (NUTRIM) at Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, Netherlands, has found that the consumption of unsalted, ...

Figure 1. Mean cerebral blood flow (CBF) maps following the (A) peanut intervention and (B) control periods in adults (n = 31). CBF displayed in mL/100 g/min (scale shown by color bar). Albany, Ga.

Virginia Tech researchers have shown that memory loss in aging may be reversible. Using CRISPR tools, they corrected molecular disruptions in the hippocampus and amygdala, restoring memory in older ...

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A screenshot of Claude's new Memory feature on desktop. (Anthropic) Back in August, Anthropic made Claude capable of remembering past conversations. With the update, people could reference specific ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle ...