Off topic: Good news: Reduced Alzheimer's risk for us Initiator des Themas: Nesrin
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Nesrin 
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"People with superior language skills early in life may be less likely to develop Alzheimer's disease decades later, research suggests.
A team from Johns Hopkins University studied the brains of 38 Catholic nuns after death.
They found those with good language skills early in life were less likely to have memory problems - even if their brains showed signs of dementia dam... See more "People with superior language skills early in life may be less likely to develop Alzheimer's disease decades later, research suggests.
A team from Johns Hopkins University studied the brains of 38 Catholic nuns after death.
They found those with good language skills early in life were less likely to have memory problems - even if their brains showed signs of dementia damage. "
More here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8140213.stm
Or maybe that just applies to Catholic nuns with superior language skills??? All very confusing...
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Williamson
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It may be that catholic nuns know Latin, the cornerstone of all Romance languages.
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Kevin Lossner
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Nesrin wrote:
... even if their brains showed signs of dementia damage. "
So what you're saying is that their might be hope for me yet?
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Clarisa Moraña
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| Thanks for your posting! | Jul 9, 2009 |
Last week I thought I was terrified because I did not remembered the word "prefix" and instead of it I used its definition (A word part added to the beginning of a word). I was sure it was an early sign of Alzheimer!. Perhaps the only problem was that I was tired!
Have a nice day!
Clarisa
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According to a recent study I heard about, drinking a cup of coffee a day reduces the risk of Alzheimer because it neutralises some molecule that mediates the disease somehow.
So we should give our children A) a big cup of coffee and B) some language lessons every morning.
But I insist: who are you?
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Nesrin
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Tomás Cano Binder, CT wrote:
According to a recent study I heard about, drinking a cup of coffee a day reduces the risk of Alzheimer because it neutralises some molecule that mediates the disease somehow.
So we should give our children A) a big cup of coffee and B) some language lessons every morning.
But I insist: who are you?
You remembered a recent study you heard about, so I'm not at all worried about you. And to set your mind at rest, you don't know me Tomás
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In stillem Gedenken | Take up the habit? | Jul 9, 2009 |
Nesrin wrote:
Or maybe that just applies to Catholic nuns with superior language skills??? All very confusing...
That's stats for you.
Maybe I should have the operation, take the vow and concentrate on learning more languages?
Fact is that as the average age of the population rises, the proportion of Alzheimer's sufferers also increases. Cancer can (often) be 'controlled' if discovered in time.
Now there is an unholy row going on about funding for cancer versus funding for Alzheimer's.
So do we 'bop until we drop, scribble until we dribble' or make sure that we have already made arrangements while we are still in one piece for a possible one-way trip to Switzerland some day? Last weekend, a neighbour who works in the pharma industry told me you no longer even need to worry anout paying for the final drink. All you need do is take a swim in Lake Geneva, which is apparently anything but 'squeaky Swiss-sterile' these days.
No scientific justification about this, but are we really that special, or is it not all about keeping an agile and enquiring mind, irrespective of what you used to - and continue to do?
(Thinks: do translators play golf? I don't know any who do.)
Cheers
Chris
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| Somethings to remember | Jul 10, 2009 |
Become a translator if you are not interested in making lots of money, be a nun, drink coffe and tea regularly.
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