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Re: Alzheimer's

I have a theory that challenging the brain regularly can help stave off this malady. at age 73, in addition to constant stimulation of my brain by reading books and wide variety of articles across the internet, I also exercise regularly.

I am wondering if anyone has considered the value of trail jogging as brain stimulation? This of course, occurred to me as I was trail jogging an dondering the amount of mental processing necessary to avoid rocks and roots on the trails and avoid falling? I do miss an object now and then and take a sprawl but have not suffered any serious damage from doing so.

Alternatively (and more safely), I wonder if playing action video games, where one has to react to things quickly might be a good prescription for brain training in seniors?

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"Halloween is exciting for kids and their displays of that excitement in the doctor's office on the holiday could increase the likelihood that doctors diagnose them with ADHD."

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Or they could have been eating sugar-laden candy prior to the MD visit from the bas that are likely laying around by the door in anticipation of being given to other kids.

Given the huge rise in ADHD diagnosis in recent years, you have to come up with something better than a justification tied to a single day out 365!

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