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Bilingualism is helpful in delaying the onset of Alzheimer's disease symptoms in the brain, according to a study.

Research carried out by Toronto's Baycrest's Rotman Research Institute has found that people who have the ability to speak two languages can delay symptoms of the disease of the brain by five years.

Findings were based on the analysis of clinical records of over 200 patients who were detected with the feasibility of the disease.

Those who used to speak two or more languages for many years had delayed the symptoms of Alzheimer's.

"While bilingual Alzheimer's sufferers still show deteriorating pathology, their ability with two languages seems to equip them with compensatory skills to hold back the tell-tale symptoms of Alzheimer's," the researchers said.

In related news, the link between brain injury and Alzheimer's will be examined by Scottish researchers at the Southern General Hospital in Glasgow in a new study, thanks to a donation from the US, Herald Scotland reported.

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