A new study suggests that people who don’t finish high school are more likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease or dementia later on.
The study, actually conducted in Finland, followed nearly 1,400 participants through middle age and later. The participants were split into three groups, depending on how much education they received when they were kids. Those who finished the, um, Finnish equivalent of high school were 80 percent less likely to develop dementia.
Researchers say that folks who get less education also tend to get involved with unhealthy lifestyles, which could be a factor. They also hypothesized that the additional “exercise” educated brains got might have helped, too. (Fox News)
