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Buy A DS For Medical Reasons - DS

Professional doctors at Uchida Hospital in Kyoto, Japan have recommended that elderly people buy the DS and the library of Brain Training games in order to keep their minds sharp.

Uchida runs a memory loss clinic, and doctors at the hospital say the games are a good form of mental stimulation for seniors. "The game won't cure dementia," said Dr. Takeshi Kihara - a neuropsychiatrists at the clinic, "but it's a good form of stimulation - especially for old people living alone."

The titles, the first of which - "Brain Training" - is due out this month in Australia, have been a huge hit in Japan, especially among those not typically interested in gaming. Uchida hospital has 10 DS systems available to patients, all of which are always rented out. Interesting note: we get the title a month and bit before the US.

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