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Midlife Choices May Offset Genetic Risk for Dementia, Stroke, Late-Life Depression

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(MedPage Today) -- Healthier lifestyle behaviors in midlife were linked with better outcomes in people with genetic predisposition for age-related brain diseases, longitudinal data from the U.K. Biobank showed. Over about 12 years of follow-up.

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

Physiologically Speaking

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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This study examined the relationship between cardiorespiratory fitness and the risk of developing neurodegenerative diseases, such as dementia and Alzheimer’s, particularly in individuals with a high genetic predisposition.