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Social Activity And Prevention Of Alzheimer's Disease



    Maintaining a strong network of friends and social activities may help ward off alzheimer's disease. A loss of friends or social settings increases alzheimer risk [25]. In fact, one study reports that losing many friends increases the risk of alzheimer's disease more than 2-fold [26].An interesting example of how lifestyle influences alzheimer risk is a study of Japanese Americans. In Japan, there is a strong emphasis on family and friends. Japanese Americans who lived and spent time in Japan have less alzheimer risk than Japanese Americans who never lived in Japan,where they might have been exposed to more ties with family and friends [27]. The message seems pretty clear... as you age,try to keep close ties with family and friends. The payoff might be a life free of alzheimer's disease.