For women, feeling lonely during midlife may do more than affect mood — it could also impact brain health. A new study finds that loneliness and social isolation are both linked to cognitive decline in women going through perimenopause — the years leading up to menopause. Researchers tracked more than 900 women, typically between ages…

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Physical activity is known to help prevent dementia and disease, but it’s possible that the kind you do makes a difference. A new study found that hard physical work not only doesn’t lower the risk of dementia, it increases the risk of developing the disease. Researchers found that people who do hard physical work have…

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