Dog walking helps seniors meet exercise goals
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NEW YORK  - Man's best friend may also help keep their elderly owners healthy, but only if the dog owners regularly walk their pets, new research shows.
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The benefits of walking and being active are well-known, especially for older people, but what kind of neighborhood gets seniors going?
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Man's best friend may also help  keep their elderly owners healthy, but only if the dog owners  regularly walk their pets, new research shows.
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Older adults who regularly walk  for exercise may help lower their risk of vascular dementia,  the second-most common form of this disorder after Alzheimer's  disease, a study published Wednesday suggests.
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Two large studies -- one on men and the other on women -- reported in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that elderly people who walked were more likely to maintain cognitive function.
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NEW YORK  - Elderly individuals who maintain higher levels of physical activity have better survival rates after a heart attack and subsequent angiography to clear the coronary arteries, researchers in Italy and the U.S. suggest.
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Two large studies, one focusing on women and the other on men, found that elderly people who walk are more likely to maintain cognitive function.
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At a time when affluent dog owners coddle their pets with massage, antidepressants and spa vacations, itâs not surprising that dogs have the equivalent of personal trainers.
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NEW YORK  - Moderate exercise might help older adults' blood vessels relax, a study has found -- pointing to one reason why exercise lowers the risk of heart attacks and strokes.
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OLDER people can significantly reduce their chances of suffering a mixture of deadly risk factors that lead to heart disease and stroke by taking just a moderate amount of exercise, researchers said today.
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Older adults who get daily social and physical activity -- even for brief periods -- sleep better and have improved cognition, says a Northwestern University study in the Dec. 15 issue of Sleep.
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LAS VEGAS - If your dog is fat, then you&#39;re probably not getting enough exercise. Researchers have found a buddy system to lose weight works, when your buddy is of the four-legged variety.
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An exercise paradox: a walk wakes you up, but hard training will run you down.
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Scientists have been preaching the benefits of mental exercise to seniors for years, but a new study may be the clincher that some people in their golden years have been waiting for.
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Moderate exercise by older people can cut the risk factors associated with heart disease and diabetes, according to John Hopkins&#39; researchers.
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Elderly people who take regular walks are less likely to suffer dementia than those who take little exercise, a pair of studies said on Tuesday.
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(HealthDay News) -- Exercise benefits people of all ages, especially seniors.