Keep company and your wits about you: isolation’s dementia risk
The findings flag the importance of strengthening social networks on the way to retirement
12 June 2022 - 17:38
Social isolation among older adults may shrink regions of the brain associated with learning and thinking and raise the risk of dementia, shows a study among nearly half a million people in the UK, by Chinese and British scientists (https://n.neurology.org/content/early/2022/06/08/WNL.0000000000200583)...
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