Physical fitness may be tied to slower memory decline

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Physical fitness may be tied to slower memory decline

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/physical-fitness-may-tied-slower-memory-decline-213150234.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/sdnWnScQbz5cm5gTFN0WQQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-11-21T213150Z_1_CBRE9AK1NT500_RTROPTP_2_LIFE-PARK-NEW-YORK.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="MAN JOGS ON RESAVOIR PATH IN NEW YORK'S CENTRAL PARK AS PARK NEARS 150TH ANNIVERSAY." align="left" title="MAN JOGS ON RESAVOIR PATH IN NEW YORK'S CENTRAL PARK AS PARK NEARS 150TH ANNIVERSAY." border="0" /></a>By Kathleen Raven NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Being in good physical shape may help preserve people's thinking and memory skills, suggests a new study. Researchers made this discovery by mapping participants' physical fitness against the number of errors they made on a range of cognitive tests over time. &quot;This study shows that your cardiovascular fitness at one point in time can predict how well your memory may function in the future,&quot; said Carrington Wendell. Wendell led the study and is a researcher with the Bethesda, Maryland-based National Institute on Aging.</p><br clear="all"/>

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