talk about counterintuitive

[novapsyche]

Keeping the mind active staves off dementia at first but speeds it up later: Brain training games, crosswords and puzzles help maintain a healthy mind in the elderly but can eventually speed up dementia late on in life, new study claims.

I must admit: I don't understand the particulars of this study as they have been reported. I will need to delve into the study's actual details to puzzle out the findings and their implications.

Edit: Ah, now it makes more sense. See this article in MedPage Today.

Comments

[kittenkissies.livejournal.com]

Well great

[davidfcooper.livejournal.com]

Interesting. There is a similar situation WRT prostate cancer. DHT or "bad testosterone" is associated with small non-agressive prostate cancer tumors, but estrogen is associated with large agressive prostate cancer tumors, and in the latter case DHT is often the estrogen suppressant of choice. There is some controversy over whether or not it is more effective to prevent tumors from appearing at all by prescribing DHT inhibitors that also shrink enlarged prostates.