Derailing Dementia

Posted on: 18 August 2008

Dr Klatz discusses the prevention of the onset of Alzheimers disease by keeping the brain stimulated. The brain is a muscle and as such needs to be worked out. Doing crosswords, learning new skills, playing music and generally challenging your brain will help keep it in good condition. Also, new research has shown the prominence of antioxidants and nutraceuticals in cognitive enhancement and cognitive protection.

 
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Men and women who stay mentally engaged in their original occupational field fare after retirement fare best mentally. University of Maryland (Maryland, USA) researchers studied 12,189 retired men and women, ages 51 to 61 years at the beginning of the study. The team revealed that those retirees who continued to work in a bridge job experienced fewer major diseases...