LAUGHTER lines, a few grey hairs and those hard-to-lose kilos – along with a frustrating inability to recall names or what you did last Tuesday – are well-known signs of middle age. While memory problems may seem inevitable, new research shows there’s hope for the middle-aged brain, says medical science editor and author Barbara Strauch in her new book, Secrets of the Grown-Up Brain.
We’re living longer, so middle age has become a time to be fit, healthy and active. But our brains seem to be ageing despite that. The older we get, the more frequently things seem to simply vanish from our heads.
