High fitness may slash dementia risk for women
A study published in Neurology has found that women who are very physically fit may also have a greatly decreased risk of dementia....
read moreExercise can cut Alzheimer’s risk by 50 percent
A new study published in the “Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease” found that any kind of exercise can improve brain volume and cut the risk of Alzheimer’s by 50 percent....
read moreBeing lazy might shrink your brain
Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine have found a relationship between levels of fitness in middle age and brain volumes later in life....
read moreObese kids’ brains more responsive to sugar
New research indicates that the brains of obese children are more responsive to sugar than their fit peers....
read moreFit kids have more fibrous and compact white matter
A new study says that kids who are fit have more fibrous and compact white matter in their brains than kids who are less fit....
read morePoor cardiovascular fitness and low IQ at 18 increases dementia risk...
A study of more than one million Swedish men found that those who had poor cardiovascular fitness and/or a low IQ at age 18 were more likely to suffer from dementia before the age of 60....
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