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   From: mlwi@swipnet.se   
      
   "Brain Exercise Delays Alzheimer's Symptoms"   
      
   Researchers at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago followed 1,157   
   elderly Chicago residents over a period of years to determine whether levels   
   of cognitive activity influenced the onset of Alzheimer’s symptoms.  The   
   residents underwent cognitive testing every three years; all were   
   dementia-free when they first entered the study.  Study participants were   
   rated via a point system on the frequency with which they participated in   
   seven cognitive activities that required participants to process   
   information.  Those activities were watching television, listening to the   
   radio, reading newspapers, reading magazines, reading books, playing games   
   (playing cards or checkers or doing crosswords or other puzzles) and going   
   to museums.   
      
   Over the course of the study, 614 of the participants showed no cognitive   
   impairment, 395 developed mild cognitive impairment and 148 developed   
   Alzheimer’s disease.   
      
   Of those who developed Alzheimer’s disease during the study, researchers   
   found that participants who had higher levels of those seven cognitive   
   activities during the study period showed slower rates of cognitive decline   
   prior to the onset of Alzheimer’s disease symptoms.  In other words, those   
   who spent more time in cognitive activities  and later developed Alzheimer’s   
   had more years free of disease symptoms than those who had lower scores on   
   those specific cognitive activities.  In fact, for each additional point   
   scored on cognitive activities, study participants showed a 52% annual   
   reduction in the rate of cognitive decline...   
      
   http://www.e-seniorservices.com/blog/brain-exercise-delays-alzhe   
   mers-symptoms.html   
      
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