Study: Brain Exercises Delay, But Can't Prevent, Dementia

Courtesy TIME: Top Science and Health Stories  Thu, 09/02/2010 - 15:00

Contrary to doctors' advice to "use it or lose it," a new study finds that brain-stimulating exercises may fend off dementia -- but at a cost


 

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