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Ambulance drivers were close to medical professionals and got good, early diagnosis and care. Taxi drivers were exposed to a wide variety of people who they co
by JoeAltmaier 6mo ago
Ambulance drivers were close to medical professionals and got good, early diagnosis and care.
Taxi drivers were exposed to a wide variety of people who they conversed with, became aware of Alzheimer's symptoms and treatments and sought help early.
Off the top of my head.
- Cpoll 6mo agoThat would normally make sense, but Alzheimer's treatments don't significantly prolong life. You'd also expect to see the same effect with other medical professionals.
- JoeAltmaier 6mo agoDiagnosis helps put them into the data set. Even increased diagnosis would skew the statistics. Those that died of Alzheimer's and didn't know it, aren't in the study.
- saltcured 6mo agoIt seems like you could get into roles with a duty of care, logistic and deadline planning, social contact, etc. And try to control with so many other non-transport occupations like nurses, therapists, hairdressers, air-traffic controllers, etc. Ironically, the transport aspect reminds me of a prior correlation I read about for truck drivers and higher rates of colon cancer. There were speculative theories as to whether it was from the hours sitting or something like the chronic vibration.