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- 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.
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- 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.