Running: A Fever

Welcome to the 16th in our 17-part series on dementia. About 50 million people suffer from dementia worldwide. It is a debilitating disease, but it may be preventable in some cases. So I've set out to learn as much as I can and bring you along with me. As promised, this series has focused on prevention of dementia as much as anything else. We want to be informed about the disease, but more than that we want to prevent it. So I'm happy to be able to offer some information on how we can prevent dementia in the course of our journey of learning here. When you think about mental health, physical exercise might not be the first things that comes to mind. But the brain is a physical organ, and it's health depends on a foundation of good overall health. But there are some specific benefits of exercise that apply to dementia and its delay, mitigation, and even revention. Believe it or not, exercise can cause new synapses to form in the brain. According to an article on the Harvard University website, sustained aer