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Alzheimer's Progresses Faster in Educated People

Posted by Zonk on from the dumber-they-are-the-softer-they-fall dept.

Nrbelex writes "Bloomberg news is reporting that 'High levels of education speeds up the progression of Alzheimer's disease, according to a study published in next month's issue of the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry. Mental agility dropped every year among Alzheimer's disease patients with each additional year of education, leading to an additional 0.3 percent deterioration, the researchers from the Columbia University Medical Center in New York found. The speed of thought processes and memory were particularly affected.'"

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  1. Makes Sense by jimbolauski · · Score: 2, Funny

    The more you put in the more you can lose. I for one am calling for a general ban on learning.

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    P= W/t
    t=Money
    Money = Work/Knowledge so the less you know the more you make
    1. Re:Makes Sense by smooth+wombat · · Score: 4, Funny
      I for one am calling for a general ban on learning.

      This administration is doing its best to make that a reality

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  2. Glad I stopped at my Bacholors by sycodon · · Score: 0, Funny

    Let the Jokes Begin!

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  3. A Disease for Stupid People...? by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 2, Funny

    So the disease is less damaging if you're more stupid than the average college graduate. Is that why they been dumbing down K-12 education for years to protect the general public's health?

  4. Happy Morons by slyborg · · Score: 3, Funny

    How happy is a moron
    No need to understand
    I wish I was a moron
    My God! perhaps I am!

  5. I'm lost by Caiwyn · · Score: 1, Funny

    So... us 7-year undergraduates are more at risk, or less?

  6. Re:RIP: Claue Shannon by MustardMan · · Score: 2, Funny

    I was hoping for the rantings of a half-crazed man who has just figured out that he's lost his mind.

    Wrong article - try this one: http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/02/16/ 1826257

  7. No, its not faster by AlienGoods · · Score: 2, Funny

    In the uneducated, you just can't tell the difference.

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    Lighten up. Its only a post.
  8. So what by TiggertheMad · · Score: 2, Funny

    Even if this research proved to be accurate, Slashdot readers have nothing to worry about.

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    HA! I just wasted some of your bandwidth with a frivolous sig!