Turn-Off Week 2009

Does TV Help Cause Alzheimer’s ?

 

Big thanks to Chris for emailing me this link:

 

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7896441.stm

 

 

that study along with this one:

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/1204894.stm

 

both found a link between excessive TV watching and Alzheimer’s. But does TV watching directly contribute to Alzheimer’s, or is the association more complicated?

 

This is an important question, as Chris pointed out in his email:

 

“One other important aspect that this article did not touch on was the immense social economic cost to providing care to the segment of our society that deals with geriatric health care in regards to dementia.”