Month: February 2022

Mediator: Sacklers Willing to Pay More in Purdue Settlement

Members of the Sackler family who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma are willing to kick in more money – up to $6 billion total – to settle thousands of lawsuits over the toll of opioids as the company tries to work out a deal with state attorneys general who torpedoed an… Read Full Article (External […]

Published on February 18, 2022

This Exercise Is Proven to Sharpen the Brain

Walking every day and eating nutritious foods can help you feel and look younger. But science says that there’s one type of cardiovascular activity that not only strengthens your heart, but also sharpens your brain. Study after study has shown that dancing helps not only… Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. David LowemannDr. David Lowemann, […]

Published on February 18, 2022

Mental speed hardly changes over a lifespan

Mental speed — the speed at which we can deal with issues requiring rapid decision-making — does not change substantially over decades. Psychologists have come to this conclusion. They evaluated data from a large-scale online experiment with over a million participants. The findings of the new study suggest that the speed of cognitive information processing […]

Published on February 18, 2022