Saturday, September 27, 2008

Active Social Life May Reduce Men's Alzheimer's Risk

US News and World Report
(HealthDay News)

Home, family, club activities appear to enhance creation of new brain cells, study finds

-- Cognitive and social activity in midlife may significantly reduce men's risk of Alzheimer's and related dementias, says a U.S. study that followed 147 male twin pairs for 28 years.

Among the twins, higher cognitive activity scores predicted a 26 percent reduction in risk for developing dementia first. Twins who developed dementia first had significantly lower total cognitive activity scores than twins who didn't develop dementia....read the whole story

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