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Exercise and the brain

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  1. In midlife women, regular exercise went with faster thinking, especially strength training

    In a study of ninety-three women aged 35-63, published Oct. 27, 2026, in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, those who exercised regularly showed less age-related slowing in reaction time and working memory, and strength trainers had the fastest…

  2. For mild memory problems, moderate exercise doses worked best for thinking skills

    A network meta-analysis of thirty-eight randomized trials, published Oct. 20, 2026, in PeerJ, found that moderate exercise doses, about 300 to 1,000 MET-minutes a week, gave the most reliable gains in executive function in older adults with mild cognitive impairment.

  3. Exercise was linked to fewer pneumonia deaths in people with dementia

    A Korean study of 116,563 people with cognitive impairment, published Oct. 24, 2026, in GeroScience, linked aerobic activity to lower death rates, especially from pneumonia (hazard ratio 0.554 with high activity), even at modest levels.