The brain ages well if it works out

[9 January 2007 - North Jersey] You want to stay "young at heart"? Better you should stay "young in the head." The brain is the one part of your body that doesn't know how old you are. In fact, new brain research indicates we can continue to help our brains develop well into later life, says Dr. Paul Nussbaum, a clinical neuropsychologist and professor at the Pittsburgh School of Medicine, who specializes in aging and brain health. He does say that after age 50 we seem to lose the ability to remember names and retrieve information, but this is not necessarily a disease. The concern is that few people discuss the loss of these functions with their doctors because they are afraid to find out something they don't want to hear -- like that they have Alzheimer's, says Nussbaum. More