On December 16th, The Washington Post reported on a study by 2013 Beeson Scholar, Ozioma Okonkwo, PhD. Dr. Okonkwo’s research uniquely looks at exercise’s effect on the biomarkers related to Alzheimer’s disease.
His team found that late-middle aged people who exercised at least five times a week had a lower accumulation of “beta amyloid plaque,” the protein that builds up in the brains of people with Alzheimer’s. Read more about the study’s findings here.
Ozioma Okonkwo, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.
Learn more about the impact of exercise on aging through AFAR’s recent webinar here or contact John@afar.org to receive a recording of the webinar.
For more on Biomarkers of Aging, check our AFAR’s InfoAging guide here.
For more insights on Alzheimer’s disease, visit our expert-edited InfoAging guide here.
