luv1another
January 7th 2005, 05:16 AM
so guys get stuck into the games room :teeth: thinking games like our word association game or word geography games or even the story or poetry threads here may help you keep that alzheimers away :wink:
so start playing with us.
Introduction
Scientists have learned a lot about the way Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia develop. It's generally accepted that one of the later steps is accumulation of a substance called beta-amyloid peptide, which can be seen as microscopic deposits in the brains of Alzheimer's patients. Meanwhile, an important new study has shown that doing leisure activities that exercise the brain (e.g. card playing, crossword puzzles) in late life can protect against dementia.1 Professor Joe Coyle of Harvard, writing in the New England Journal of Medicine, has tried to explain how brain- degenerative brain stimulating activities may influence the development of dementia.
you can read more HERE (http://www.healthandage.com/Home/gm=0!gc=11!l=1!gid2=2555)
so start playing with us.
Introduction
Scientists have learned a lot about the way Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia develop. It's generally accepted that one of the later steps is accumulation of a substance called beta-amyloid peptide, which can be seen as microscopic deposits in the brains of Alzheimer's patients. Meanwhile, an important new study has shown that doing leisure activities that exercise the brain (e.g. card playing, crossword puzzles) in late life can protect against dementia.1 Professor Joe Coyle of Harvard, writing in the New England Journal of Medicine, has tried to explain how brain- degenerative brain stimulating activities may influence the development of dementia.
you can read more HERE (http://www.healthandage.com/Home/gm=0!gc=11!l=1!gid2=2555)