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Marriage can drive you crazy, but it can keep dementia at bay: study

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Published Wed, Nov 29, 2017 · 09:50 PM

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MARRIAGE may test one's sanity, but living into old age with a partner also lowers the risk of dementia, researchers said on Wednesday.

In a study covering more than 800,000 people, they found that walking through life alone increased the chances of Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia by 40 per cent.

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