Total Activity, Not Just Exercise, Keeps Mind Sharp
Research Brief: Total Activity, Not Just Exercise, Keeps Mind Sharp 8 May 2012. Although a growing number of studies suggest that exercise can keep an aging brain honed and perhaps ward off dementia, only a couple of those studies have included objective measures of activity (see ARF related news story on Middleton et al., 2011; […]
Beat Brain Drain [Weight Watchers Magazine]
Source: Weight Watchers Magazine
Eight ways to get your body and brain into top shape [The Seattle Times]
You’re a smart cookie when it comes to your health, so you know that regular exercise is one of the best ways to cut your risk of disease, boost your immune system, and maintain a trim body. But flat abs, bigger biceps, and fewer colds are just the beginning. Mounting research suggests that regular sweat sessions […]
Exercise: In Women, Training for a Sharper Mind [The New York Times]
Older women who did an hour or two of strength training exercises each week had improved cognitive function a year later, scoring higher on tests of the brain processes responsible for planning and executing tasks, a new study has found. Researchers in British Columbia randomly assigned 155 women ages 65 to 75 either to strength […]
How Exercise Can Keep the Brain Fit – The New York Times
For those of us hoping to keep our brains fit and healthy well into middle age and beyond, the latest science offers some reassurance. Activity appears to be critical, though scientists have yet to prove that exercise can ward off serious problems like Alzheimer’s disease. But what about the more mundane, creeping memory loss that begins […]
Phys Ed: Brains and Brawn [The New York Times]
It has long been a cliché that muscle bulk doesn’t equate to intelligence. In fact, most of the science to date about activity and brain health has focused on the role of endurance exercise in improving our brain functioning. Aerobic exercise causes a steep spike in blood movement to the brain, an action that some […]
Phys Ed: Lifting Weights After Breast Cancer [The New York Times]
Last year, an influential study examined whether breast cancer survivors with lymphedema could safely lift weights. Lymphedema, a painful and even disabling swelling of the arm, is a dreaded complication of breast-cancer surgery, especially if a woman had lymph nodes removed. Experts long thought that hefting weight of almost any kind would contribute to lymphedema […]