Recent medical findings for a healthier body
Oct 11, 2017
2 minutes
COMPILED BY TERRY ROBSON
Physical exercise prevents dementia
Researchers examined the effects of regular exercise on brain metabolism and memory of 60 participants aged between 65 and 85 in a randomised controlled trial. Subjects were examined for movement-related parameters, cardiopulmonary fitness and cognitive performance. In addition, magnetic resonance tomography (MRT) and magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) were used to measure brain metabolism and brain structure. Subjects were then divided into two groups:
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