“Culture can protect against alzheimer’s disease”
“the Crossword puzzle, choral and theatre breaks can reduce the risk of alzheimer’s.”
“According to a new study, women who keep in time the brain with, for example, cultural activities less likely to suffer from disease later in life.”
“Every year, about 15 000 swedes are diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. But there are several things that reduce the risk. That physical activity is important is previously known, but now a research team at Gothenburg university that even, for example, to go to the theater, to solve crossword puzzles or to play a musical instrument can protect.”
“We have been able to see the hjärnstimulerande activities protected against Alzheimer’s disease, independent of how physically active the women were,” says Jenna Najar, who is a medical doctor and phd student at the Sahlgrenska academy in Gothenburg.”
“– It also is unique about our study is that we have been able to distinguish these two forms of activity and see what they have for their own effect on dementia.”
“The 800 women included in the material was aged 38-54 when the befolkningsstudien which is the basis for the research started in 1968. They were asked to answer questions about the extent to which they devoted themselves hjärnstimulerande and physical activities.”
“During the 44 years that the women followed suffered 194 of them of dementia. But the differences in which the hit was big.”
“the Women with the most hjärnstimulerande activities had a 34 percent lower risk of developing dementia, and 46 per cent lower risk of getting alzheimer’s than women who had the lowest number of similar activities.”
“When it comes to physical activity group had a maximum activity of 52 per cent lower risk of developing dementia caused by vascular diseases in the brain, compared with those who were not physically active.”
“– we also could see is that you do not need to be enabled in the physical or hjärnstimulerande activities. There is an effect already at the walk of four hours per week, ” says Jenna Najar.”
“It is only women included in the study. But according to Jenna Najar, the results should also apply to men who are culturally and physically active.”
“– We really have no reason to believe that it would not be the same effect in men, ” she says.”
“– There are some gender differences, it has, for example, seen that women in a higher extent affected by dementia and alzheimer’s. But it is suspected that the difference in the first place is because women live longer than men.”
“Alzheimer’s disease is one of the most common dementia. It commonly affects people who are older than 65 years, but can already start in the 40-50-year-olds.”
“Every year, about 15 000 people in Sweden alzheimer’s disease. In total, there are approximately 100 000 alzheimersjuka in Sweden.”
“Alzheimer’s disease, whose causes are not fully known, affects the brain and leads to dementia. The disease affects, among other things, memory and language skills.”
“the Disease is named after the German pathologist and psychiatrist Alois Alzheimer (1864-1915), who described it in the beginning of the 1900s.”
“Source: Nationalencyklopedin and Demensförbundet.”
“the Study, carried out at the centre for ageing and health, university of Gothenburg, has been published in the journal Neurology.”
“the Results are based on material from two population studies in Gothenburg, sweden – Kvinnoundersökningen and the H70.”
“of 800 women, followed between 1968 and 2012, received at the start, among other things, various hjärnstimulerande activities (for example reading, korsordslösande, choir, theatre, needlework, gardening and the voluntary sector). The women were also asked questions about how physically active they were.”
“During the 44 years that the women were followed developed 194 of them dementia.”
“Source: university of Gothenburg.”
