Alzheimer Therapy
Alzheimer therapy
At the end of the simplest and most straightforward of the spectrum, the social aspects of Scrabble and other board games or even a preventive treatment for loneliness, depression and social phobia.
At the other end of the spectrum, a study by the University of Southern California and published in the prestigious “Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Science” shows that mentally stimulating leisure activities during early and middle adulthood in strongly with a reduced risk of associated Alzheimer’s disease later life.
A similar study by the National Institutes of Health National Institute on Aging in 2002, studied 700 dementia-free people 65 years and older for a period of 4.5 years. She compared the level of cognitive activity on a routine by the participants of the study, such as card games, chess, crossword puzzles, reading books and conducted visits to museums. NIH concluded that those with the highest level of cognitive activity into their daily lives a 47% lower risk for Alzheimer’s disease in the future as people who have a minimum of cognitive activity in the way of life.
A 2008 study by the University of NSW in the prestigious journal Public Library of Science publishes added that in addition to Alzheimer’s disease, the occurrence of other degenerative brain diseases such as Huntington’s and Parkinson’s disease be delayed or prevented by other forms of mental activity. It was found that the brain region of the hippocampus, involved familiar with the age and especially the three degenerative brain disease, only half the rate of depreciation on the people in mental tasks shrink known as active as well as human intellectual with low excitation.
Evidence, “Use it or lose it” the cognitive basis for human health.
If it is too late for prevention, research at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in the publication “Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry” has some encouraging news. They have shown the Internet computer and mentally stimulating activities such as games can play a useful role to play with the drug in improving cognitive function in Alzheimer’s patients. ‘S other features, Scrabble, the Internet version, a variety of games has become one of the most popular online today.