Alzheimer's Progresses Faster in Educated People

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.'"

Makes Sense

[jimbolauski]

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

Glad I stopped at my Bacholors

[sycodon]

Let the Jokes Begin!

A Disease for Stupid People...?

[__aaclcg7560]

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?

Happy Morons

[slyborg]

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

I'm lost

[Caiwyn]

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

Re:Makes Sense

[smooth wombat]

I for one am calling for a general ban on learning.

This administration is doing its best to make that a reality

Re:RIP: Claue Shannon

[MustardMan]

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 [slashdot.org]

No, its not faster

[AlienGoods]

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

So what

[TiggertheMad]

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