EXERCISE AND THE TREATMENT OF DEMENTIA

Does exercise improve brain function in dementia? Maybe. There are theoretical reasons to believe that the failing brain might be benefitted by regular exercise. The hippocampus is an area at the base of the brain which is concerned with memory and the processing of...

EXERCISE AND DEMENTIA

Dementia is an increasing modern scourge. It has recently been reported to have overtaken coronary disease as the most frequent cause of death for women in the UK. The two most common forms of dementia are Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and vascular dementia (VD). There are...