Volunteering can improve cognitive health

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Dear Doctors: I started helping at a food bank for a kind of selfish reason – it made me feel good. But it turns out I made some good friends, which is not easy as you get older. (I’m 66.) Now I’m seeing on the news that volunteering can be good for cognitive health. I would like to know more about that.

Dear Reader: First, congratulations on giving your time to a worthy cause. Accor…