Comments on: Comments on 2400 http://www.metafilter.com/2400// Comments on MetaFilter post Comments on 2400 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 Post number 2400 http://www.metafilter.com/2400/ <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2000/HEALTH/aging/07/09/bc.alzheimers.ap/index.html">Use MetaFilter to prevent Alzheimer's disease.</a> It seems that a love of reading may help reduce the risk of getting Alzheimer's disease. <blockquote>People with more education, in contrast, seem at lower risk of Alzheimer's. A study presented Sunday of Swedish twins where one twin had Alzheimer's and the other was healthy suggests a love of reading [metafilter.com], as a child and adult, might be protective.</blockquote> post:www.metafilter.com,2000:site.2400 Sun, 09 Jul 2000 19:34:21 -0800 DragonBoy alzheimers health illness disease metafilter education reading