Midlife Memory Loss - How to Remember More

The Midlife Memory Meltdown

By Cathryn Jakobson Ramin
O, The Oprah Magazine | From the May 2007 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine

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First you forget a dentist's appointment. Next it's your ATM password. And then (kill me now) you can't recall your own dinner guest's name. Here's what you can do to combat the humiliating lapses of the aging brain.

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