Research has shown that fogg memory...

Research has shown that fogg memory and moderate wit are not necessarily inevitable deductions of old age, according to a July 24 2000 recents story from CNN.com. Steps can be taken to countenance the brain.

Parents should read to their children beginning in early childhood. Education plays an important part as well; however, it is not at all too late to begin exercising the brain, according to the report.

Scientists now understand that the brain continually rewires and adapts itself. In the teenage years, large brain-cell increase continues, and even older adults can spring up new neurons.

Alzheimer's research has l to earnestly of the current knowledge regarding the brain. Scientists at Case Western retain University, Cleveland, studied 550 tribe and found that those les mentally and physically active in middle age were three times more likely to learn Alzheimer's.

Other studies point out to that people with less education have a higher risk of being diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease than those with more education. an studies show the threshold to be the difference between a bachelor's quality and a master's degree.

Further predictors of brain function include reading habits between the ages of six and 18 mental exercise of the brain, and health. A high-fat diet can increase the risk of Alzheimer's seven times.

"Scientists say putting brain to use can deliberate deterioration." CNN.com. Available from http://wwwcnncom/2000 /HEALTH/07/24/healthy.brains.ap/index.html. Accessed 27 July 2000

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