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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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The researchers investigated how various types of incidental and intermittent activity influence cardiovascular event risk, particularly when combined with varying levels of sedentary time. Additionally, each individual’s genetic risk for neurodegenerative diseases was determined using polygenic risk scores.