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People With This Type of Job Have the Lowest Risk of Fatal Alzheimer’s Disease

People With This Type of Job Have the Lowest Risk of Fatal Alzheimer’s Disease
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Many of us dread the possibility of being diagnosed with dementia in our old age. But folks in one type of job may have less to fear, according to a recent study. Working in jobs that require frequent spatial processing — such as taxi or ambulance drivers — might reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s disease, according to researchers at the Mass General Brigham health care system. Such jobs can involve…

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