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A Purposeful Life May Stave Off Alzheimer's
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Page: << Prev | 1 | 2 | 3 The study begs the question whether there is more Alzheimer's disease because more people have a lower sense of purpose, or is a lower sense of purpose an early, subtle, sign of dementia, he said.
"As we get better and better at having biological measures of the disease, we will shed a lot of light on these kinds of studies and whether these behaviors are simply a symptom or they are a place where you can intervene," Thies said.
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Last updated 3/2/2010
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SOURCES: Aron S. Buchman, M.D., associate professor, department of neurological sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago; Greg M. Cole, Ph.D., neuroscientist, Greater Los Angeles VA Healthcare System, and associate director, Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles; William H. Thies, Ph.D., chief medical and scientific officer, Alzheimer's Association, Chicago; March 2010 Archives of General Psychiatry
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