Category Archives: Fitness

Exercise Appears To Improve Brain Function

December 22, 2006 – 3:45 pm

Here is another report that links exercise and the brain. “Physical activity may be beneficial to cognition during early and middle periods of the human lifespan and may continue to protect against age-related loss of cognitive function during older adulthood”. You can see this story in full here 

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Exercise alone or with others protects aging brain

December 15, 2006 – 7:04 pm

Here is an interesting post over at iHealthBulletin. Everybody knows that exercise is good for your heart, but in recent years we’ve gathered compelling evidence that exercise is also good for your brain,” says Fred Gage, PhD, of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies. “We now know that exercise helps generate new brain cells, even [...]

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MetLife and Museums to promote understanding of aging

December 5, 2006 – 12:14 am

Here is a post on some funding from MetLife. This will support intergenerational programs and underwrite exhibitions to promote understanding of aging, brain health and healthy lifestyles More here  

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