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2006/2/22-27 [Health/Disease/General] UID:41962 Activity:nil
2/22    http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060222/hl_nm/alzheimers_decline_dc
        Education delays Alzheimers. Better stay in school! In other
        news, Ronald Reagan's rapid progression of Alzheimer was
        most likely caused by his lack of education.
        \_ Yeah, but too much education wastes your life away so you don't want
           to remember it anyway.   -bitter phd
        \_ Stop trying to troll ilya, he's not around anymore.
           \_ Who is ilya and is he like a typical Republican--
              hard core, stubborn, self-righteous, and worships Reagan?
              \_ Do a search on "ilyas" in kais motd.  I think you'll agree
                 that the word "typical" doesn't belong in any sentence that
                 has that guy's name in it.
              \_ No, he's hard core, stubborn, and self-righteous, but it
                 stems from a violent, albeit somewhat understandable since he
                 grew up in Communist Russia, suspicion and loathing for all
                 forms of government social programs.
              \_ Yawn.  "Who are you and are you like the typical <opposition
                 party member>-- hard core, stubborn, self-righteous, and
                 worships <recent President and member of opposition party>?"
                 Thank you for playing the "Young Motd Troll Game".  D-.
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news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060222/hl_nm/alzheimers_decline_dc
Alzheimer's disease is directly related to the educational level of the affected individual, according to a report in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry. Click Here The new findings are based on a study of 312 patients living in New York who were diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and followed for an average of 56 years. Up to nine neuropsychological tests were performed on each subject during the course of the study. Overall, mental agility fell by 9 percent of a standard deviation each year, lead author Dr. Nikolaos Scarmeas and colleagues, from Columbia University Medical Center in New York, note. For each year of additional education, the decline increased by 03 percent. Memory and executive speed, which includes the ability to adapt to change and organize thoughts, were the primary areas affected by education level, the report indicates. Further analysis showed that the link between education and mental decline was not influenced by age, mental function at the time of diagnosis, or other factors known to influence brain function, such as depression and vascular disease. Previous studies have provided evidence that high levels of education can delay Alzheimer's disease. The "cognitive reserve" hypothesis has been put forth to explain the effects of education on Alzheimer's disease, Scarmeas and colleagues note. This theory, they explain, holds that highly educated individuals have more intellectual reserve so the onset of overt Alzheimer's disease symptoms is delayed. However, once symptoms become apparent, more damage has accumulated than in less educated brains, so the subsequent decline in mental function is more rapid. SOURCE: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry, March 2006. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters. Reuters shall not be liable for any errors or delays in the content, or for any actions taken in reliance thereon.