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Laid back people have 50% lower risk of dementia

NBR staff | Tuesday January 20, 2009 | 4 comments

People who are relaxed and outgoing are much less likely to develop dementia in their dotage, according to a new study from the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm.

Study leader Hui-Xin Wang surveyed more than 500 healthy elderly people over more than six years, and published the results in the January issue of the journal Neurology, revealing that personality traits and lifestyle could be major factors.