insert_link Health & Wellness Exercise is Key to Preventing Alzheimer’s Alzheimer’s Disease is one of the biggest concerns many of us have as we get older. The thought of developing the disease can be a frightening prospect, especially if you’ve witnessed a loved one affected by dementia. While you may have been told that all you can do is hope for the best and wait for a pharmaceutical cure, the truth is much more encouraging. Promising research shows that you […] todayOctober 9, 2019
insert_link Health & Wellness Do These Five Things to Lower Your Alzheimer’s Risk by 60% According to a 2019 report by the Alzheimer’s Association, there are currently 5.8 million Americans living with Alzheimer’s, and this number is expected to more than double by 2050. However, scientists are constantly working on discovering ways to lower Alzheimer’s risk before this projection becomes a reality—and recently, researchers unveiled findings that may put us one step closer to actually fighting off the disease. At the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference on […] todayAugust 21, 2019
insert_link Health & Wellness Fit Body, Fit Brain University of California, Irvine and Japan’s University of Tsukuba recently combined efforts to study whether lower-intensity exercise would be enough to stimulate parts of the brain involved with memory, as well as determine whether physical activity improves cognitive functioning in general. In the study, researchers used magnetic resonance imaging to examine brain activity in 36 healthy young adults both before and after just a single 10-minute round of light […] todayJanuary 25, 2019
insert_link Health & Wellness Best Exercise for Alzheimer’s Fitness trainers take note! In a concerted effort to determine if exercise could actually slow the effects of cognitive decline, researchers at the University of Connecticut recently analyzed almost 20 studies that focused on over 1,000 adults in their 70's to early 80's. The results showed that certain kinds of exercise may actually help people fighting the effects of Alzeimer's Disease. The research results showed that resistance training alone […] todayDecember 26, 2018
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