The Times of India
New Delhi
Saturday, Augurst 02
Being single in middle age might increase risk of dementia. But being married halves the chance of developing Alzheimer's disease, says a study. A team at Karolinska Institute in Sweden has carried out the study and found the imporance of clse comapanionship in midlife -- and in fact, those who stay alone after divorce have a threefold risk of suffering Alzheigmer's in later life. According to researchers, the study has highlighted a higher risk of developing memory and cognitive problems for all those who live alone, whether single, divorced or widowed -- the reason to a great extent being social isolation.
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This research is clear pointer to the fact that men are forced to either live a life of loneliness and immense stress or be heterosexual. This is done by depriving men of social space to form romantic, lifelong bonds with men.
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