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Weekly review: Why do superagers have such good memories?


What Gen Z workers want from their healthcare employers, how to build a top performing team, and more.

Want to build a top performing team? Ask for 85% effort (not 100%). (Monday, July 17)

Burnout is a major issue throughout the United States, and a large contributor to that is an old way of thinking about performance — that "maximum effort = maximum results," Greg McKeown, founder of The Essentialism Academy, writes for the Harvard Business Review. McKeown says asking for 85% effort, rather than 100%, will help you reach maximum output, and offers tips on how managers can implement this new mindset.

Why do superagers have such good memories? (Tuesday, July 18)

In a new observational study, researchers found that superagers — or adults in their 80s with the memory function of people decades younger — have different characteristics that set them apart from others, Judy George writes for MedPage Today.

'The biggest effect that's ever been seen': Eli Lilly's new Alzheimer's drug slows cognitive decline (Wednesday, July 19)

In a new study published in JAMA, Eli Lilly reported that its experimental Alzheimer's drug donanemab slowed cognitive decline by 35% for patients in the early stages of the disease — findings that suggest "early diagnosis and early intervention are the key to managing this disease."

6 things Gen Z workers want from their healthcare employers (Thursday, July 20)

Gen Z healthcare workers have different professional expectations and priorities than previous generations. Writing for MedCity News, Bent Philipson, founder of Philosophy Care, outlines six things Gen Z workers want from their healthcare employers.

Have you had asymptomatic COVID-19? This gene could explain why. (Friday, July 21)

Why do roughly a fifth of people who get infected with COVID-19 never feel sick? A recent study published in Nature suggests the answer.


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