Stimulating Ideas

Write essays, learn another language, play an instrument, read regularly, take up ballroom dancing, play chess or bridge, do crossword puzzles, learn to paint, earn a graduate degree.

Concentrate And Focus on New Information To Be Learned.

• Distribute learning over several sittings.
• Use encouraging selftalk.
• Use Post It notes.
• Use mnemonic devices.
• Practise other handedness. If you're right handed, comb your hair or write with your left hand.
• Add a visual or story tine to your information.
• Relax and avoid anxiety.

Adapted from The Centre for Biomedical Informatics, Brazil

Vitamins, Herbs and Medications That May Aid Memory:

• Vitamin E
• Folic acid
• Gingko biloba
• Ayurvedic bacopa

Estrogen replacement therapy in past menopausal women
Anti inflammatory drugs (super-aspirins): Celebrex, Mobicox, Vottaren.

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