Being in good shape during your 40s may help lower your risk for
Alzheimer's disease and other types of dementia in your senior years.
And the better shape you're in, the lower this risk may be, a large new
study suggests.
Nearly 20,000 healthy people took a treadmill test to measure their
fitness levels when they were middle-aged. Researchers then reviewed
Medicare claims data to see who was diagnosed with any type of dementia
in their later years. Follow-up lasted an average of 24 years, with
patients assessed for signs of dementia at ages 70, 75, 80 and 85.
Those participants who were deemed physically fit via the treadmill
stress test were less likely to develop dementia after age 65 than were
their counterparts who were less fit, the study showed.
The findings appear in the Feb. 5 Annals of Internal Medicine. Read More.
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