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Keeping active in middle age tied to lower dementia risk

A very long-running Swedish study found that women with high levels of mental or physical activity in midlife were less likely to develop dementia.A very long-running study, in which 800 Swedish women...

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Healthy lifestyle associated with lower dementia risk regardless of genes

A very large study found that an unhealthy lifestyle and high genetic risk were independently associated with higher dementia risk, and a healthy lifestyle reduced the risk for those at high genetic...

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Mouse studies link physical exercise to increased synapses

A mouse study has found that a hormone released during physical activity protects synapses in the hippocampus.Another mouse study found that short bursts of exercise promotes an increase in synapses in...

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Brain benefits from single workouts predict long-term benefits from exercise

A small study has shown that those who show the biggest brain benefits after a single exercise session also show the biggest long-term gains from a training program.A small pilot study, in which...

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Physical activity linked to better brain health & cognition in older adults

A study found that older adults remembered names better after moderately intense exercise.A large, long-running study found that each hour of light physical activity per week was linked to less brain...

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Slower walking speeds linked to dementia risk

A large, long-running study has found older adults with a slower walking speed were more likely to develop dementia in the next decade.Another long-running study has found that slowing over 14 years...

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Moving more in old age may protect brain from dementia

A long-running study found older adults who moved more were less likely to develop dementia, even when they had brain pathologies characteristic of dementia.A long-running study involving 454 older...

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Better physical fitness and lower aortic stiffness key to slower brain aging

A study found that physical fitness & arterial stiffness accounted for a third of the cognitive differences between older adults, completely erasing age as a factor.An Australian study involving...

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This brain training program cuts dementia risk

A large 10-year study investigating the benefits of a brain training program for older adults found that training designed to improve processing speed & visual attention in particular reduced...

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Higher aerobic fitness levels linked to fewer word failures in older adults

A small study found that aerobic fitness was linked to the frequency of tip-of-the-tongue occurrences in older adults.A small UK study involving 28 healthy older adults (20 women with average age 70; 8...

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