Study: Vitamins Could Slow Cognitive Decline Associated with Aging

A study, published last week in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, found that over a two-year period, those 60 and above who took a daily multivitamin were observed to have a “modest benefit” when it came to global cognition. Read more.

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