Staying calm ‘prevents dementia’
People who are more laid back are less likely to develop dementia in old age, a study has suggested.
Research published in the journal Neurology asked 500 healthy elderly people to fill out questionnaires about their personalities.
Those who were calm and relaxed had a 50% lower risk of developing dementia during the six years of the study.
UK experts said it offered “compelling evidence” of the need to be “socially active throughout life”.
There are 700,000 people with dementia in the UK. That number is expected to rise to over one million by 2025 and 1.7 million by 2051.
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on Jan 20th, 2009 and is filed under Behavior, General Health.
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