Physical Exercise is Associated with Less Cognitive Impairment

HNRP researchers Catherine Dufour and David Moore published findings in the Journal of NeuroVirology that physical exercise is associated with significantly less cognitive impairment in HIV-infected adults. Exercise seems to be good for one's mental health in addition to one's physical health.  If future longitudinal studies show that exercise can prevent or reverse cognitive decline this could be a practical intervention freely available to most individuals. 

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Dufour C, Marquine M, Fazeli P, Henry BL, Ellis RJ, Grant I, Moore DJ, and the HNRP Group.  (2013). Physical exercise is associated with less neurocognitive impairment among HIV-infected adults. Journal of NeuroVirology. Epub. Aug. 10.