FORT WORTH: People with demanding jobs can live up to three years longer after being affected by a common form of dementia, say researchers.
The longer survival may be due to having greater mental reserves which provide them with an effective buffer against the condition, it is claimed. Doctors have long held that keeping your brain active – especially in later years – could be the best insurance against developing Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia.
The new study found that people with frontotemporal dementia – which results in changes in personality or behavior and problems with language, but does not affect memory – lived for longer if they had a more intellectually demanding occupation…