SMOKING - Increases risk of dementia

[letric]

There are so many findings on curing certain diseases, yet, we are yet to conclusively discover the causes.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... entia.html (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1204068/Smoking-middle-age-increases-risk-dementia.html)

[letric]

The failure of memory seen in senile dementia is also different from that seen in normal old age. In the latter, cues or prompts very often help, but in the demented they seem rather to do the opposite. If one considers recall as being like searching for an item in a vast territory, a cue to the amnesic narrows the field of search and directs the attention to a specific area, for the demented, it seems to direct him/her to a new part of the field. For instance, if the target is the word 'cart', a useful cue for an amnesic would be the words 'Horse and .....' A case of senile dementia might respond by saying, 'Horse? Yes, I remember, we had many horses when I was a child'.

[Wayne]

oh lawd fadder,ah smoking madman......is now de mods and dem vex.. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: