Don't Forget to Exercise
Do you remember what you wore to work yesterday? Or where you put your car keys this morning? Or what the phone number was to the house you grew up in? If not, then maybe you need to get out and start exercising, as doing so has shown to improve memory.
MRIs taken of the brain of healthy adults taken after exercise showed signs of what Columbia University Medical Center researchers called "memory-cell" growth. Earlier studies led to similar results in mice. These studies may motivate physicians to prescribe an appropriate exercise regimen to patients who suffer from memory loss and impaired cognitive function, and also to patients who wish to be proactive in their efforts at prevention.
In the meantime, unless your doctor tells you otherwise, it wouldn't hurt to start exercising anyway, providing you already don't. While more research still needs to be conducted on this exercise/memory link, there's already plenty to support its benefit to overall health.
MRIs taken of the brain of healthy adults taken after exercise showed signs of what Columbia University Medical Center researchers called "memory-cell" growth. Earlier studies led to similar results in mice. These studies may motivate physicians to prescribe an appropriate exercise regimen to patients who suffer from memory loss and impaired cognitive function, and also to patients who wish to be proactive in their efforts at prevention.
In the meantime, unless your doctor tells you otherwise, it wouldn't hurt to start exercising anyway, providing you already don't. While more research still needs to be conducted on this exercise/memory link, there's already plenty to support its benefit to overall health.
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