[Dixielandjazz] Dementia

[Stan Brager]

An article in today's Los Angeles Times got my attention about dementia and the elderly. To quote from an abstract of the article published in the New England Journal of Medicine (bolding is mine):

"Among leisure activities, reading, playing board games, playing musical instruments, and dancing were associated with a reduced risk of dementia."

To read more, follow this internet address:

http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/348/25/2508

Note: if you're not elderly, don't worry... just yet.

Stan
Stan Brager
Trombonist-in-Training