Elderly People Who Exercise are Less Likely to Become Disabled
While exercise has long been promoted as the elixir of youth, a large clinical trial conducted partly at Tufts University finally provides strong proof for the claim: It found that elderly people who walked and did basic strengthening exercises on a daily basis were less likely to become physically disabled compared to those who did not exercise regularly. Researchers recruited sedentary people ages 70 to 89 years who had trouble walking more than a quarter-mile. Half of them