Reading and sleeping are keys to keeping mentally fit among seniors


Study finds those aged 65 and older have sharper minds when they get at least seven hours of sleep and read a lot.

Seven hours of sleep a night and lots of reading. That seems to be the magic formula for keeping mentally alert into old age, according to the findings of a new study out of Spain.

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