Exercise May Help to Prevent Mental Decline
January 13th, 2010
A new study shows that exercise appear to help prevent and improve mild cognitive impairment.
Researchers found that people who did moderate physical activity in midlife or later had a reduced risk of mild cognitive impairment and that six months of high-intensity aerobic exercise improved cognitive function in people with mild cognitive impairment.
Those who said they did moderate exercise — such as swimming, brisk walking, yoga or strength training — during midlife were 39 percent less likely to have mild cognitive impairment, while those who did moderate exercise later in life were 32 percent less likely to have the condition.
The study appear in the January issue of the Archives of Neurology.
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