The benefits of weight training are many: it promotes gains in strength and muscle mass, reduces body fat, and contributes to well-being and mental health. And now a study carried out at the State ...

Lifting weights might help keep your mind young. A new study published in GeroScience suggests that older adults who engage in regular resistance training can actively slow down the biological aging ...

An update on a decades-long investigation has suggested that brain training can lower the risk of dementia. The Advanced Cognitive Training for Independent and Vital Elderly (ACTIVE) study, which ...

A ten-week online brain training programme helped older adults’ brains act as though they were a decade younger, a recent study has found. Much like exercise for the body, regular mental workouts can ...

Share on Pinterest Engaging in more weight training may help lower dementia risk, new research suggests. Danil Nevsky/Stocksy Regular exercise is a known modifiable risk factor for dementia. A new ...

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So-called "brain training" games may help guard against Alzheimer's disease and other types of dementia, a new study suggests. The research found some older adults who completed specific cognitive ...

A new McGill-led study reveals that digital brain exercises can rejuvenate aging brain systems responsible for learning and memory. Older adults using BrainHQ for 10 weeks showed restored cholinergic ...