William Atkins
Monday, 26 July 2010 23:58
Science -
Health
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A British/Finnish study has concluded that people are able to better cope with changes brought about by dementia when they are better educated.
The results of the research were published in the journal
Brain. It first appears online on July 25, 2010.
Medical scientists already know that the more education one has, the less risk that person has of contracting dementia, such as Alzheimer’s disease.
However, they didn’t know why, until now.
According to Dr. Hannah Keage, one of the authors of the study,
"Previous research has shown that there is not a one-to-one relationship between being diagnosed with dementia during life and changes seen in the brain at death.” [EurekAlert (7-25-10): “
Why more education lowers dementia risk”]
And,
“One person may show lots of pathology in their brain while another shows very little, yet both may have had dementia. Our study shows education in early life appears to enable some people to cope with a lot of changes in their brain before showing dementia symptoms."Now, scientists from the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom and scientists from Finland have come up with an answer to this question.
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