Exercise

The pandemic has hastened the cognitive decline of patients with dementia in unprecedented ways, doctors confirm. Despite rising cases, clinicians must emphasize socialization, they say.

Clinicians should avoid discouraging exercise — even in the frail elderly with osteoporosis, according to new guidance for maximizing bone health and preventing fractures.

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In a recent study, University of Pittsburgh psychologists found that exercising three times a week is linked to episodic memory retention in older adults. 

Patients with early-stage Parkinson’s disease extended their physical and cognitive abilities with a modest amount of moderate exercise each week, a new study finds.

Education and exercise program, with and without dietary intervention, better than education only for knee osteoarthritis

For some seniors, pandemic isolation has created a perfect storm of physical inactivity and deconditioning that has resulted in increased falls risk and greater fear of falling, researchers say.

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Exercising the equivalent of three to four hours of walking each week halved the long-term mortality rate of older stroke survivors, investigators say.