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CAN DEMENTIA BE FORESTALLED BY DOING LOTS OF MENTAL EXERCISES?

April 26, 2017dementia doing exercises forestalled lots mental

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CAN DEMENTIA BE FORESTALLED BY DOING LOTS OF MENTAL EXERCISES?

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Studies have correlated high educational achievement with a decreased risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, suggesting that taxing one’s brain throughout one’s life may reduce the risk of developing the disease. Further studies are needed to develop this correlation more fully but it is felt that by doing continued mental exercises, one may increase brain reserve thereby delaying the symptoms of the disease.