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May 17, 2009
BBC News

Keeping the brain active by working later in life may be an effective way to ward off Alzheimer's disease, research suggests.

Researchers analysed data from 1,320 dementia patients, including 382 men. They found that for the men, continuing to work late in life helped keep the brain sharp enough to delay dementia taking hold. The study was carried out by the Institute of Psychiatry at King's College London. It features in the International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. Around 700,000 people in the UK currently have dementia and experts have estimated that by 2051, the number could stand at 1.7m.

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