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Physiology Friday #245: Fitness Protects against Neurodegenerative Diseases—Even in Those at the Greatest Risk

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Exercise benefits on Alzheimer’s disease: State-of-the-science - ScienceDirect But could fitness also influence our risk for common diseases of aging like dementia and Alzheimer’s? And while lifestyle factors play a crucial role in mitigating the risk of dementia, our genetic makeup also plays a part. Moderate: 24.1–31.1

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Physiology Friday November Recap

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In case you missed it, here are all of the studies I covered in the November 2024 installments of the Physiology Friday newsletter. Additionally, each individual’s genetic risk for neurodegenerative diseases was determined using polygenic risk scores. Thanks for reading! Physiologically Speaking is a reader-supported publication.