Occupational physical activity was linked to cognitive decline, whereas voluntary leisure exercise provided mental health benefits.

Can't remember where you put your keys? Do you find yourself staring at the refrigerator wondering what you were looking for? Sometimes feel like you're in a fog? If experiences like this make you ...

For decades, doctors and public health campaigns have pushed exercise as one of the best things aging adults can do for their brains. New research out of Georgetown University suggests that message, ...

Participants in a new study who spent more time being sedentary were more likely to experience decline regardless of how much they exercised.

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Older adults who regularly participated in a community-based exercise program were able to slow — and in many cases reverse — declines in cardio fitness and strength that naturally come with age, a ...

New research suggests that taking 3,000 steps or more a day can lower the risk of cognitive decline, even in people who are high risk. More steps had even greater benefits. Researchers discovered that ...

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