Knitting may help prevent Alzheimer's disease - Coeur d'Alene Press: Healthy Community: Did you know that women age 60 and older have a one in six chance of getting Alzheimer's disease in their lifetime? Women are twice as likely to develop Alzheimer's compared with breast cancer, according to a report from the Alzheimer's Association.
The good news is, you may be able to delay or even prevent Alzheimer's disease if you knit when you are in your 50s and 60s. The Mayo Clinic team found that those who spent their 50s and early 60s reading, playing games and engaging in various craft hobbies, including knitting and quilting, had a 40 percent lower risk of memory impairment than those who didn't have hobbies. In later life, these same activities reduced the risk by between 30 and 50 percent.
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