from an AP story in this morning's paper: USING MIND MAY DELAY ALZHEIMER'S Washington - Adults with hobbies that exercise their brains - such as reading, jigsaw puzzles or chess - are 2 1/2 times less likely to have Alzheimer's disease, while leisure limited to TV watching may increase their risk, a study says. A survey of people in their 70s showed that those who regularly participated in hobbies that were intellectually challenging during their younger years tended to be protected from Alzheimer's disease. The finding supports other studies showing that brainpower unused is brainpower lost. .... The survey centered on three types of activities: * passive, such as watching television, talking on the phone, or listening to music. * Intellectual, such as reading, jigsaw or crossword puzzles, playing musical instruments, chess or other board games, KNITTING or woodwork. * Physical, such as baseball, football, or other sports, bike riding, swimming, walking or skating. "The Alzheimer's patients were less active in all these activities except for television watching," said Friedland. Intellectual activities seemed particularly protective ..... To stop mail temporarily mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: set nomail To restore send: set mail
