How Fitness Protects Aging Brains

Aging Americans are experiencing cognitive decline in numbers never before seen. Alzheimer’s disease has reached epidemic proportions in the United States. Consider these troubling statistics from the Alzheimer’s Association¹:

• 5.4 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease. It’s estimated that up to 16 million will have the disease by 2050.
• One in eight Americans age 65 and over has Alzheimer’s. Every 68 seconds, another American develops Alzheimer’s disease.
• Alzheimer’s disease is the 6th leading cause of death in the U.S. and the 5th leading cause of death for those aged 65 and older.
• Alzheimer’s deaths increased by 66 percent between 2000 and 2008.
• One in seven of the estimated 800,000 people with Alzheimer’s lives alone, left to fend for himself/herself............READ THE WHOLE ARTICLE HERE