Does exercise keep walkers' brains from shrinking?

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Walking regularly may help to delay memory loss, according to an article in today's Guardian that cites newly published American research done in Pittsburgh. (Got that?)

The paper manages to bring itself into the story as well. From the Guardian article:

The data lends statistical authority to anecdotal findings, including the legendary perambulations of Alfred Wainwright, Benny Rothman and the Guardian's Harry Griffin.
Although very different in character – a grump, a communist warrior and an ex-brigadier – they lived for a combined total of 268 years thanks, in their own estimation, to lives spent largely on foot and outdoors.

Apparently, nine miles per week -- about 72 Pittsburgh city blocks -- was the optimum distance for study participants, with negligible brain benefit for additional mileage beyond that level.

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Does exercise keep walkers' brains from shrinking?

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