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'Brain training' cuts dementia risk in healthy adults: US study

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Published Mon, Jul 25, 2016 · 09:50 PM

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A COMPUTERISED brain training programme cut the risk of dementia among healthy people by 48 per cent, US researchers said on Sunday in reporting an analysis of the results of a 10-year study.

The preliminary findings, presented at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference in Toronto, are the first to show that any kind of intervention could delay the development of dementia in normal, healthy adults.

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