Prevention

High Levels of Physical Fitness Linked to Lower Dementia Risk in Those with Genetic Predisposition

Admin8 months ago05 mins

Getty Images / Unsplash+ High levels of physical fitness are linked to a lower risk of dementia for people with a genetic predisposition for the disease, according to a new study. Enhancing cardiorespiratory fitness could therefore be a strategy when a patient has a high genetic predisposition for Alzheimer’s disease—and researchers say it may be…

When Your Muscles Work Out, They Help Neurons Grow and Heal 4x Faster, MIT Study Shows

Admin9 months ago010 mins

Natalia Blauth / Unsplash+ There’s no doubt that exercise does a body good—strengthening muscles and bolstering our bones, blood vessels, and immune system—but now, MIT engineers have found that it also has benefits at the level of individual neurons. They observed that when muscles contract during exercise, they release a soup of biochemical signals called…