Don't Want Alzheimer's? Exercise Your Butt Off!
Do crossword puzzles. Read the daily newspaper (blog?). Exercise. These have all been recommended to those who wish to try to ward off Alzheimer's. But exercise is the number one solution, experts have been saying for some time. Now a new study proves it even more. According to Gretchen Reynolds at The New York Times, "Exercise may help to keep the brain robust in people who have an increased risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, according to an inspiring new study. The findings suggests that even moderate amounts of physical activity may help to slow the progression of one of the most dreaded diseases of aging." About 100 people between 65 and 89 were recruited for the study, many with a family history of Alzheimer's, making them more vulnerable to this dreaded disease. Reynolds notes that scientists have discovered in recent years that people who harbor a specific variant of a gene have a substantially increased risk of developing the dis...