Research finds older women who are physically fit have better cognitive function.

CALGARY, AB  January 7, 2009 -- New research published in an international scientific journal by Marc Poulin, Ph.D., D.Phil. finds a clear relationship between physical fitness and cognitive function. Poulin, an Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research Senior Scholar, is a scientist in the faculties of medicine and kinesiology at
the University of Calgary. His research focuses on healthy aging.

“The cresting of the wave of baby boomers begins in 2011 as the first of the Silver Tsunami have their sixty-fifth birthdays,” says Poulin, a member of the Department of Physiology & Biophysics, and the Hotchkiss Brain Institute. “Our results point to a simple intervention—exercise—to delay the onset of age-related brain afflictions.”