Sunday, April 22, 2012

Low level of activity increases Alzheimer's risk

A USA Today article outlines the risk to seniors of inactivity.  Seniors in the lowest 10% of activity level had a more than 2X greater chance of contracting the disease in a four year study.  Activities included card playing, dishwashing and gardening. 




Exercising your brain also appears to be helpful.  A Huffington Post article suggests that mental activities such as reading and game playing throughout life reduces the number of amyloid plaques on the brain. 

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