Small amount of exercise could protect against memory loss in elderly, study suggests

Tuesday, August 9, 2011 - 18:30 in Health & Medicine

A new study shows that a small amount of physical exercise could profoundly protect the elderly from long-term memory loss that can happen suddenly following infection, illnesses or injury in old age. Researchers have now shown that aging rats that ran just over half a kilometer each week were protected against infection-induced memory loss.

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