"Second language protects against Alzheimer's"

Did you know that bilingual people have been found to exercise an important brain network that helps mitigate the impact of Alzheimer's disease.  Do you w

It has long been believed that learning another language stimulates the mind and helps stave off dementia and now there is additional scientific evidence that supports that idea.
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http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/02/18/scitech/main20033422.shtmlant to protect against the effects of Alzheimer's?  Simple, learn another language. That's the takeaway we get from recent brain research published in Neurology which shows that bilingual people's brains function better and for longer after developing the disease.