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Tips to leverage neuroplasticity to maintain cognitive fitness as you age

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Elise Merchant, MD
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Dr. Elise Merchant is an infectious diseases fellow at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. She completed her internal medicine residency and chief residency at Tufts Medical Center, after earning her MD from Tufts University School of Medicine and an AB in anthropology and biology from Brown University. Her academic interests include medical education and HIV.
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Tips to leverage neuroplasticity to maintain cognitive fitness as you age

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