A new study raises the possibility that jobs that require frequent spatial processing—such as figuring out a taxi route or the best way to navigate to a hospital—could lead to lower rates of death from Alzheimer’s disease. Researchers from Mass General Brigham investigated this possibility by using national data on the occupations of people who had died to evaluate risk of death from Alzheimer’s disease across 443 professions. They found that taxi driving and ambulance driving were associated with a lower rate of death from Alzheimer’s disease compared to other professions. Results are published in BMJ. 



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A new study raises the possibility that jobs that require frequent spatial processing—such as figuring out a taxi route or the best way to navigate to a hospital—could lead to lower rates of death from Alzheimer's disease. Researchers from Mass General Brigham investigated this possibility by using national data on the occupations of people who had died to evaluate risk of death from Alzheimer's disease across 443 professions.

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A new study raises the possibility that jobs that require frequent spatial processing-;such as figuring out a taxi route or the best way to navigate to a hospital-;could lead to lower rates of death from Alzheimer's disease.

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For years it has been known that having an active brain life, such as reading, studying, or playing music, has a protective effect on dementias.Some studies have shown that taxi drivers have a larger hippocampus compared to those who are not.This is interesting because this region of the brain shrinks and is damaged in Alzheimer's disease, which causes symptoms of memory loss and confusion associated with the disease.In fact, in 2022 the Univers…

Desde hace años se sabe que tener una vida cerebral activa, como leer, estudiar o tocar música tiene un efecto protector sobre las demencias. Algunos estudios han demostrado que los taxistas tienen un hipocampo más grande en comparación con quienes no lo son. Esto es interesante porque esta región del cerebro se encoge y se daña en la enfermedad de Alzheimer, lo que provoca síntomas de pérdida de memoria y confusión asociados con la enfermedad.D…

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