MooPig is on the trail of Brain Industries world wide as more and more Quacks come out of the closets to tell us how the Brain works or doesn't... based on "latest studies."
Bonus Explainer: So what exactly does aging do to the brain? The connections between cells start to break down. You don't have to worry about losing whole neurons, since most brain cells stick around, and the ones that die don't have much of an effect. But researchers have found that we lose synapses as we get older. Advancing age also causes a deterioration of each cell's insulating layer, called the myelin sheath. With age, the myelin loosens, which slows down the electrical transmission of nerve impulses from one cell to the next.
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Explainer thanks Amy Arnsten of Yale University and John Morley of Saint Louis University School of Medicine.
How much can you expect from a septuagenarian brain?
Sen. John McCain announced his intent to run for president in 2008 on Wednesday. If elected, he would take office at age 72, the oldest first-time president ever to do so. "I'm not the youngest candidate. But I am the most experienced," he said during a speech 
in Portsmouth, N.H. Just how much can you expect from a typical septuagenarian brain? Click HERE to read the whole article...
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Is Santa Claus real, Senator McCain?
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