MIND OVER MIGRAINE

A German study of migraine sufferers found that weekly sessions of mindfulnessbased cognitive therapy reduced the frequency of their headaches by 40 percent.

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This may be due to the therapy's psychological benefits-decreased stress, anxiety, rumination, and catastrophizing-which remove potential migraine triggers.

Why It's OK to Forget Sometimes

Forgetting things can be frustrating or even worrying, but it might actually be good for our brains. Based on pre-clinical trials, researchers at Trinity College Dublin and the University of Toronto propose that forgetting is something the brain does to prune clutter.

On the flip side, their research suggests that buried memories could be brought back, even in people with amnesia. If further study supports these findings, more serious memory loss could be treated.

Also, a new German study shows that cognitive processing speed generally begins to change after age 60.