A team of researchers from the Ontario Brain Institute reviewed 871 research articles on exercise and AlzheimerÛªs conducted over the last 50 years. They then closely examined the 45 most comprehensive studies, pooling the data for their analysis. åÊ They found that more than one out of every seven cases...
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Age Alone Does Not Determine Decision-Making Ability
The MetLife Study of Decision-Making Potential, one of the first to investigate the connection between specific components of cognitive health and the continued ability to make logically consistent decisions, identified factors that may inhibit or increase the risk of poor decisions in the 50 to 79 age group.åÊ Those in...
Low Physical Activity in Youth May Mean Increased Dementia Rates in the Future (VIDEO)
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Low Physical Activity in TodayÛªs Youth May Mean Increased Dementia Rates in the Future
@kidsfitnessmiami Women who are physically active at any point over their life have lower risk of cognitive impairment in late-life compared to those who are inactive, but teenage physical activity appears to be most important, according to the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. There is growing evidence that people...