Commonly Used Medications Linked to Dementia

A new study reveals that higher doses or prolonged use of medications with anticholinergic effects significantly increases the risk for developing dementia. Although, this is not the first study to discover such a link, it is the first to suggest that the risk of dementia as a result of taking …

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Hot soup in a hurry

I come from a long line of skilled soup makers. In the late 1800s, my great-grandmother Enrichetta Cavagnolo, newly arrived from northern Italy, was a soup chef at Delmonico’s in New York City. Enrichetta’s daughter and granddaughters (my grandmother, mother, and aunts) were talented soup makers as well, to …

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