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Alzheimer's linked to lowbrow jobs

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Mentally stimulating careers may protect against dementia.

A mentally stimulating career may help to reduce the risk of Alzheimer's disease, research suggests. According to a study carried out in the United States, those who develop the debilitating form of dementia are more likely to have had jobs that do not tax the brain.

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  1. SmythK. A, et al. Neurology, 63. 498 - 505 (2004).

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Hopkin, M. Alzheimer's linked to lowbrow jobs. Nature (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/news04809-3

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