Dementia More Likely in Some Isolated and Inactive Seniors, Study Finds

The New York Times
by RON CARYN RABIN
Attention neurotic woody Allen types: you really ought to get out more.
Now a new report from Sweden suggests that neurotics can shape their destiny to some extent, because lifestyle also.......read the whole story

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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