A few years after staying home full-time to caretake my children, I began to feel my mental abilities diminish. I would think back to my work-a-day life and think "how did I do all that" plus take care of my home, family, etc.? And more importantly, could I ever manage that much again? "Use it or loose it" isn't just about our physical strength, it applies to our thought processes, too. Keeping those pathways between braincells like a well maintained highway takes use... A study published by the New England Journal of Medicine found that people who did crossword puzzles four days a week had a 47% lower risk of dementia than those who did them one day a week! Need a source outside of the Sunday paper...click here and bookmark this site: http://puzzles.usatoday.com/