High-Intensity Exercise Improves Memory and Wards Off Dementia

High-Intensity Exercise Improves Memory and Wards Off Dementia
Healthy genes can protect many people against dementia, but poor physical fitness can negate that benefit, new research suggests. Prostock-studio/Shutterstock
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For the first time in human history, older people outnumber younger people. This has created unique health challenges. Dementia may be one of the scariest—a debilitating condition that erases memories; a condition without a cure.

But dementia doesn’t have to be your fate. Exercise protects our memories from being erased and our latest research shows that it is never too late to start.

Jennifer J Heisz 
Jennifer J Heisz 
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