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By Genevra Pittman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who spend a lot of time reading, writing and otherwise seeking and processing new information lose their thinking and memory skills more slowly as they age, a new study suggests. Researchers found being "cognitively active" both early and later in life was tied to better performance on memory tests among people in their 80s. That was still the case once they autopsied participants' brains after they died and accounted for changes that signal cognitive problems, such as early Alzheimer's disease. ...