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Dear Carol: Even at 83, my mother lives comfortably on her own. She’s installed aging-in-place safety gadgets like grab bars and, as far as I can tell, her memory and thinking are fine. What concerns ...

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Jess Thomson is a Newsweek Science Reporter based in London UK. Her focus is reporting on science, technology and healthcare. She has covered weird animal behavior, space news and the impacts of ...