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Originally Posted by wdfifteen
I’m terrified of dementia. I watched my father go through it and it is horrible. So I work at keeping my brain cells exercised.
I used to do logic puzzles, but I’m kind of bored with them. I may go back.
Right now I do the daily Wordle, a cryptogram, and a block-sorting game on my phone. Plus I stand balanced on one foot for two minutes at the end of morning stretches. I’m trying to expand my knot-tying repertoire, but I’m finding remembering the knots more challenging than I expected.
I know a lot of the folks here are “of a certain age.” What do you do to maintain cognitive health?
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You might be interested in this. The mechanism is not understood yet but the clinical effect appears potentially significant.
https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-06-25-how-do-vaccines-reduce-risk-dementia
The whole area of viruses and neurological diseases is early and interesting. I have a friend dying of ALS, so I noticed a recent article suggesting that ALS may be caused or exacerbated by latent viruses that are somehow triggered. Hopefully there is research underway on this connection including antiviral therapies. Probably not in the US though.
My work is pretty cognitive so my cognitive health regimen is to never stop working.