For older adults at risk of dementia, regular exercise from light stretching to rigorous aerobics can help slow memory and thinking decline, a new study shows.
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Maria Carrillo, chief science officer of the Alzheimer’s Association, said the exercise study fits a broader, multifaceted strategy to attack the disease with both drugs and behavioral changes. Laura Baker, a Wake Forest University School of Medicine professor of gerontology and geriatric medicine, said she’s encouraged by her study's findings that exercise benefitted both groupsolder adults who did more rigorous aerobics and those who did less strenuous exercise. The study's results were presented earlier this month at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference.
Participants exercised four days each week for 30 minutes or more. They were evaluated using a cognitive test store at the beginning of the study, at six months and at 12 months.
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