Prayer regularly reduces the risk of dementia

According to a study linked between US and Israeli scientists, regular prayer may reduce the risk of developing Alzheimer's up to 50%.

The US National Institute of Health Research shows that women who pray regularly will be at lower risk of dementia or Alzheimer's disease.

The study was presented at the Tel Aviv conference, held last month, to provide a regimen of factors that increase the risk of Alzheimer's disease.

Although the study did not have details showing the connection between prayer and memory, the researchers tried to explain their findings.

According to Professor Rivka Inzelberg, head of research team at Tel Aviv University, "Prayer is a custom in which thought is focused and intellectual activity related to it can form a protective solution. protecting against disease ".

Researchers have had difficulty determining the relationship between prayer and Alzheimer's in men, because up to 90% of these subjects said they prayed daily, thus making the study Save the sample deviation.

Professor Inzelberg added: "Of the women studied, only 60% of women prayed five times a day and the remaining 40% did not pray often, so we could compare. data ".

This is not the first study to build a link between religion and health; in 2005, researchers concluded that adopting a religious or spiritual lifestyle would slow the progress of Alzheimer's disease. .