Sarcasm Useful For Detecting Dementia
Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday December 15, @12:28PM
from the yeah-that'll-work dept.
Medicine
An anonymous reader writes "Sarcasm may be the lowest form of wit, but Australian scientists are using it to diagnose dementia, according to a new study. Researchers at the University of New South Wales, found that patients under the age of 65 suffering from frontotemporal dementia (FTD), the second most common form of dementia, cannot detect when someone is being sarcastic."
////////////////////////////A 2007 report in the Journal of the American Medical Association showed that one's level of physical fitness correlated with long-term survival better than one's level of obesity. That is, overweight people who were fit had a lower risk of death than non-overweight people who were sedentary.
//////////////////////////////A 2006 report in The Lancet suggested that individuals who were overweight but not obese (BMI of 25 to 29.9), actually had a slightly lower risk than patients who of "normal" weight (BMI 20 to 24.9).
////////////////////////On a population basis, being merely overweight (BMI between 25 and 29.9) is also associated with increased risk. But on an individual basis, the level of risk really does depend on several other factors, including your fitness levels, the amount of "excess" weight accounted for by muscle mass rather than fat, and your waist-to-hip ratio. (Your waist size should be less than your hip size.)
Importance of Your Waist-to-Hip Ratio
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