Crosswords & Memory Loss

2. A study found that this was not as effective as crosswords in preventing memory loss.
5. This government agency approves drugs for Alzheimer's based on a 2 point improvement in memory/cognition. Crosswords have been shown to improve patients by 1 point at 12 weeks, and 37% of participants saw a 2 point increase in one study.
7. This number of risk factors have been associated with development of dementia, and modifying them can prevent 40% of dementias.
8. This type of dementia is the only one of the four most common types of dementia to be linked by a single gene, and is more likely to be passed from parent to child, if the parent has a specific mutation.
9. Studies have actually shown that this in middle-aged or older adults can help with memory and decrease rate of dementia.
10. The hardest day of the week to do a NYT crossword.
13. This popular paper published its first crossword due to World War II.

1. This many million of people are expected to be living with dementia by 2050.
3. The only FDA-approved drug to treat symptoms due to moderate or severe Alzheimer's.
4. Inventor of the modern day crossword.
6. This hypothesis supports the idea that participating in cognitively stimulating activities can preserve cognitive function in the face of accumulating dementia.
11. This gene is the most commonly known risk variant for Alzheimer's.
12. Participants in a study who did crosswords showed this many months' delay in beginning accelerated memory decline.