“Does Hard Work Help Preserve the Brain?,” by Cara Murez, HealthDay

 

Quote:  : “Physical activity is known to help prevent dementia and disease, but it’s possible that the kind you do makes a difference. A new study found that hard physical work not only doesn’t lower the risk of dementia, it increases the risk of developing the disease. Researchers found that people who do hard physical work have a 55 percent higher risk of developing dementia than those doing sedentary work.”

 

LTC Comment:   Let’s hear it for desk work!