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Whether you can’t recall names as quickly as you once did or are experiencing a more generalized sense of fuzziness, brain fog is common, especially for women in their 50s and beyond. Here, a leading ...

The largest fMRI study to date finds that heavy cannabis use in young adults reduces brain activity and impairs working memory performance.