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It doesn't matter what age you are or how tough your exercise plan is – whatever physical activity you are doing is probably helping your brain, according to the largest and most comprehensive ...

People who are physically active during childhood have higher cognitive functions in later life. Participants who exercised when they were children did better on cognitive tests regardless of their ...

Scientists have shown that specialized cells involved in how the body responds to insulin are activated in the brain after exercise, suggesting that physical activity may directly improve brain ...

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21 Physical Activity for Health Research Center, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK Correspondence to Laurien M Buffart, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and Medical Oncology, VU ...

Exercise may be the best thing you can do for your health. Habitual exercise supports a healthy weight, prevents cardiovascular disease, treats type II diabetes, slows the progression of Alzheimer's, ...

Correspondence to Dr Adam Ivan Semciw, Department of Rehabilitation, Nutrition and Sport, Latrobe University, Bundoora, VIC 3086, Australia; a.semciw{at}latrobe.edu.au Objectives To determine, in ...