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VIDEO: Skip your gym and do these 6 body-weight exercises at home 5:16

Scientists have hailed the benefits of exercising early in life to lower the risk of your brain degenerating later. But new research suggests that even once you’re 45 or older, it’s not too late to try.

Having the highest levels of physical activity in midlife and late life was associated with a 41% and 45% lower risk of dementia, respectively, found the study that published November 19 in the journal JAMA Network Open. Midlife was defined as ages 45 to 64, while late life was ages 65 to 88.

“This study shifts the conversation from ‘exercise is good for the brain’ to ‘there may be key windows when ex

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