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New research shows exercise helps delay onset of dementia
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 16 - 01 - 2006


Older people who exercise three or
more times a week are less likely to develop Alzheimer's
and other types of dementia, according to a study that adds
to the evidence that staying active can help keep the mind
sharp, according to AP.
Researchers found that healthy people who reported
exercising regularly had a 30 to 40 percent lower risk of
dementia.
The study, published Tuesday in the Annals of Internal
Medicine, reached no conclusions about whether certain
types of exercise helped more than others, but researchers
said even light activity, such as walking, seemed to help.
«It seems like we are delaying onset,» said Dr. Wayne
McCormick, a University of Washington geriatrician who was
one of the study's authors. «The surprising finding for us
was that it actually didn't take much to have this
effect.»
Some researchers have theorized that exercise might reduce
brain levels of amyloid, a sticky protein that clogs the
brain in Alzheimer's patients.
The study, from 1994 to 2003, followed 1,740 people ages
65 and older who showed no signs of dementia at the outset.
The participants' health was evaluated every two years for
six years.
Out of the original pool, 1,185 people were later found to
be free of dementia, 77 percent of whom reported exercising
three or more times a week; 158 people showed signs of
dementia, only 67 percent of whom said they exercised that
much. The rest either died or withdrew from the study.
The study could not say if exercise helped prevented
dementia altogether, because not all of the participants
were followed up t9.7 per 1,000 person years for those
who reported exercising less.
Other researchers said randomized studies _ in which
participants would be randomly assigned to either exercise
or maintain their usual habits _ are needed to confirm the
findings.
Bill Thies, vice president for medical and scientific
affairs for the Alzheimer's Association, said a randomized
trial with more people could help answer questions such as
what types of exercise might help more than others.
«You would have to start with a group that had roughly
common habits, and change those habits in one group and not
in the other,» Thies said.


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