You cannot afford to get
caught in the trap of worry and anxiety. In 1984, participants in the Swedish
Adoption Twin Study of Aging completed an assessment related to their anxiety
symptoms and then were followed for 28 years. The researchers determined that anxiety
symptoms were associated with an increased risk of dementia Baseline anxiety
score, independent of depressive symptoms, was significantly associated with
incident dementia over follow-up. There was a 48% increased risk of becoming
demented for those who had experienced high anxiety at any time compared with
those who had not. Winston Churchill was
quoted as saying, ‘I had a lot of trouble in my life; most of which never
happened.’ And I doubt he was referring to any April Fool's joke! More in the next blog.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26549599
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