Exercise has been touted to help lower blood pressure, manage Type 2 diabetes, and ease chronic pain. But recent research also points to the benefits of exercise to brain health and, importantly for the many Baby Boomers who are entering the “danger zone,” to staving off Alzheimer’s disease. This last bit of information is critically important as evidenced by my recent sharepost on a report released by the Lewin Group this summer. This report found that if nothing changes in treatments...
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