Best way to better your memory

Memory loss is the single biggest fearfor Americans over the age of 55. And it’s understandable: over 4 million currently suffer from Alzheimer’s disease, and those numbers are expected to quadruple by 2050, according to the Alzheimer’s Foundation. That may be why products promising to improve your brain function are flooding the market. Sudoku and crossword puzzles are said to improve memory association skills, though critics believe only when put to task by those puzzles. Ginkgo infused soft drinks line the grocery aisle, ever since the root was suggested to combat dementia (it doesn’t). Even celery has been looselylinked to mental acuity. But the truth is there’s not enough hard evidence that any of these things really work.

In fact, there’s only one practice that’s been proven, without question, to preserve your memory: exercise. “Aerobic activities tend to show larger effects than non-aerobic activities,” University of Pittsburgh psychologist Kirk Erickson tells Yahoo.

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Factory output stays sluggish

LSM down 2.07 per cent in 4MFY11

Ghulam Raza Rajani

KARACHI: Pakistan’s industrial output continued to show downward trend and contracted by 2.07 per cent in the first four-month of the current fiscal year mainly due to decline in production of petroleum, chemical and fertiliser sectors, according to data from the Federal Bureau of Statistics (FBS).

During the period, two subsectors decline in production as Oil Companies Advisory Committee (OCAC) reported 13.86 per cent drop in production, and Ministry of Industries down by 4.55 per cent, while Provincial Bureau of Statistics showed a growth in production by 3.64 per cent. On the other hand, month of October also saw the decline – slightly higher by 2.81 per cent over the same period last year, worrying industrial output of the country.
The FBS data further reveals that petro

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