Posts Tagged ‘cognitive activity’
Study finds that cognitive activity in old age may delay the onset of dementia by 5 years
Dementia Comes 5 Years Later for Some (MedPage Today): A cognitively active lifestyle that involves reading and processing information in old age may delay the onset of dementia in Alzheimer’s disease by as much as 5 years, a longitudinal study suggested. Older adults who had the highest level of late-life cognitive activity had a mean onset…
Read MoreSystematic review finds ten lifestyle factors that clearly impact the probability of developing Alzheimer’s disease (AD)
Although there’s still no cure, researchers are continuing to develop a better understanding of what increases a person’s risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease. A recent study that looked at 396 studies has even been able to identify ten risk factors that are shown to increase the likelihood of developing the disease. Here are the factors…
Read MoreReading or watching TV tonight?
Being a Lifelong Bookworm May Keep You Sharp in Old Age (Smithsonian.com): “…findings, published online today in Neurology, suggest that reading books, writing and engaging in other similar brain-stimulating
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