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Formal Education Lessens Impact Of Alzheimer?s Disease — Even If Brain Volume Is Already Reduced

August 13, 2009 by

Researchers in Europe investigated the effects of formal education on the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease. They were able to show that education diminishes the impact of Alzheimer's disease on cognition even if a manifest brain volume loss has already occurred.