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People with more developed language skills as young adults may be better able to stay sharp well into old age, even if they develop Alzheimer’s-like abnormalities in their brains, new research in the journal Neurology shows. The findings, which come from autopsies of 38 nuns’ brains, also suggest that this …

People who get married and stay married may enjoy better health than the perpetually single, but losing a spouse could take a significant health toll, a new study suggests. Historically, studies have found that married people as a group tend to be in better health than singles — though recent …

Using condoms consistently can help prevent people from contracting genital herpes, new research in the Archives of Internal Medicine shows. “It’s the consistent use of the condom that’s important,” Dr. Emily T. Martin of Children’s Hospital Research Institute and the University of Washington, Seattle, the study’s lead researcher, told Reuters …