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

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Welcome to the Physiology Friday newsletter. Physiologically Speaking is a reader-supported publication. 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? 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. Physiologically Speaking is a reader-supported publication. Additionally, each individual’s genetic risk for neurodegenerative diseases was determined using polygenic risk scores.