Weekly physical activity may help prevent mild cognitive impairment conversion to dementia

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Exercising more than once per week is associated with a lower risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease in patients with mild cognitive impairment, research published in the open access journal Alzheimer’s Research and Therapy suggests. Mild cognitive impairment is a condition that causes people to have more problems with memory and thinking than is normal for someone their age. People with mild cognitive impairment have a ten-fold higher risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease than the general population.

A team of researchers from Yonsei University College of Medicine, Republic of Korea, found that compared with people with

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