Memory
Fasting serum lipids have been associated with short term verbal memory. In a large sample of middle aged adults, low HDL cholesterol was associated with poor memory and decreasing levels over a five year follow-up period were associated with decline in memory.
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—Victor Hugo (1802–1885)
“But what do you keep of me?
The memory of my bones flying
up into your hands.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)
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But those of memory.
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