Suggestions to help improve memory

[Naveed Yaseen]

If you are frequently forgetting appointments, names and items from your “to do list”, it’s time to give your memory a boost.

The US National Library of Medicine offers these suggestions to help strengthen your memory:

Health Tips

* Make associations between words or names. As the NLM puts it, “If Alex introduces you to Patty, you might remember them as A and P.”

* Relax if you forget something, and try again to think of it or let it come to you.

* Read, do crossword puzzles and play games to keep your brain active.

* When you want to remember something, repeat it out loud.

* Associate names with faces.

* Ask your doctor if any medications you take could be impairing your memory.

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