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Exercise is emerging as a possible help in preventing or delaying Alzheimer's. It has long been known that lifelong exercise reduces a person's risk of developing high blood pressure, stroke, and cardiovascular diseases, which in turn decreases the risk of Alzheimer's.
These images represent a cross-section of the brain as seen from the front. The cross-section on the left represents a brain from a normal individual and the one on the right represents a brain with Alzheimer's disease.