SAM KAPLAN
For anyone who’s had to search their mind for a word or a detail (all of us!), it may be a surprise to hear that, according to brain health experts, memory isn’t everything. So why is it the first or only thing we worry about?
“People don’t really care about performing better on some mental test,” says Gary Small, M.D., chair of psychiatry at Hackensack University Medical Center, behavioral health physician-in-chief at Hackensack Meridian Health, and the author of
The Memory Bible. “They want to remember their grocery list. When they’re walking down the street and see someone they know, they want to remember that person’s name so they don’t have to say, ‘Hi, um, how are you?’ and can say, ‘Hi, Mary, how are you doing?’ ”
Extended covid easing for some after vaccines
Lenny Bernstein and Ben Guarino, The Washington Post
March 16, 2021
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Arianna Eisenberg endured long-haul covid-19 for eight months. But 36 hours after her second shot of coronavirus vaccine last month, her symptoms were gone and haven t returned.Photo by Sarah Blesener for The Washington Post.
Arianna Eisenberg endured long-haul covid-19 for eight months, a recurring nightmare of soaking sweats, crushing fatigue, insomnia, brain fog and muscle pain.
But Eisenberg s tale has a happy ending that neither she nor current medical science can explain. Thirty-six hours after her second shot of coronavirus vaccine last month, her symptoms were gone, and they haven t returned.
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