PARIS - While physical exercise may stave off dementia, it does not delay mental decline in people after they've been diagnosed, a study in nearly 500 people with the condition reported Thursday. It is generally accepted that exercise can delay the onset of Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia. For the latest study, researchers took 494 people in England who had been diagnosed with dementia, and assigned 329 of them to an exercise programme. In the exercise group, the decline was steeper, "however, the average difference was small and clinical relevance was uncertain," said a press statement. "The search for effective lifestyle interventions that can delay cognitive decline in dementia must continue."

Source: Bangkok Post May 16, 2018 22:41 UTC