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I have become hooked on playing online chess during this lockdown and after watching the Queen鈥檚 Gambit. So we鈥檒l find out if it is actually doing my brain any good and whether it and similar games can ward off dementia.

Margaret McCartney takes us on a fascinating tour through the history of deliberately infecting people with diseases, as the first 鈥渃hallenge trials鈥� with coronavirus are about to start.

Listeners David and Barbara tell us about a treatable condition called normal pressure hydrocephalus that is often mistaken for dementia.

PRESENTER: James Gallagher
PRODUCER: Beth Eastwood

Clip from the Netflix series 'The Queen's Gambit', directed by Scott Frank.
Music copyright: 鈥楾raining with Mr Schaibel鈥� by Carolos Rafael Rivera from the official soundtrack of The Queens Gambit