Exercise Strengthens The Mind Of An Aging Population
[4 October 2004 - TheMatureMarket.com] The latest link between exercise and the brain comes from two studies in the Journal of the American Medical Association. One study based on degrees of walking for exercise of senior men over 70 years of age, discovered that those men who walked very little had twice the risk of dementia as those who walked more than two miles a day. A second study showed that women 70 and older who were more physically active scored better on cognitive tests than those who were less active. Women who walked for at least an hour and a half each week did better on the tests than those who walked for less than 40 minutes. Exercise Improves Brain Chemicals ...