<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/142f730f-9344-4a80-a373-df916939a516/04D5EFBF-D420-434F-9E72-F1E413045BDD/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090803/sc_livescience/brainexercisesmaydelaydementia" href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090803/sc_livescience/brainexercisesmaydelaydementia" style="font-size: 11px;">news.yahoo.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090803/sc_livescience/brainexercisesmaydelaydementia"><H1 id="yn-story-title">Brain Exercises May Delay Dementia</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090803/sc_livescience/brainexercisesmaydelaydementia"><P> Activities that keep the brain active, such as reading, writing and <SPAN id="lw_1249330388_0" class="yshortcuts">playing card games</SPAN>, may delay the precipitous memory declines that define dementia, a new study suggests. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090803/sc_livescience/brainexercisesmaydelaydementia"><P> At the beginning of the study, people reported how often they participated in six leisure <A href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/livescience/sc_livescience/storytext/brainexercisesmaydelaydementia/32927148/SIG=11ju2eudm/*http://www.livescience.com/health/lumosity-games/" linkindex="85"><SPAN id="lw_1249330388_4" class="yshortcuts">activities that engage the brain</SPAN></A>: reading, writing, doing <SPAN id="lw_1249330388_5" class="yshortcuts">crossword puzzles</SPAN>, playing board or card games, having <SPAN id="lw_1249330388_6" class="yshortcuts">group discussions</SPAN>, and playing music. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090803/sc_livescience/brainexercisesmaydelaydementia"><P> "The point of accelerated decline was delayed by 1.29 years for the person who participated in 11 activities per week compared to the person who participated in only four activities per week," said study author Charles B. 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