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SUGGESTED INTRO: A RECENT STUDY OF ALZHEIMER'S PATIENTS SHOWS EXERCISE LESSENS THE SEVERITY OF THE DISEASE. MORE IN THIS REPORT:
VIDEO: Various shots of elderly women on treadmills and other exercise equipment. Cut to male Alzheimer's patient undergoing cognitive tests. Cut to ECU of his hand. Cut to Case Western Reserve University signage.
VOICEOVER: A RECENT STUDY FOUND THAT EXERCISING THROUGHOUT LIFE LESSENS THE CHANCE OF HAVING ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE, OR LESSENS ITS SEVERITY. THE STUDY LOOKED AT 126 ALZHEIMER'S SUFFERERS AND 247 OTHERS WITHOUT THE DISEASE. THE STUDY FOUND PATIENTS WITH ALZHEIMER'S HAD LOWER LEVELS OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY EARLIER IN LIFE, ACCORDING TO DOCTOR ROBERT FRIEDLAND, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF NEUROLOGY AT CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY.
SOT & SUGGESTED SUPER: Robert Friedland, M.D., CWRU Associate Professor of Neurology
VIDEO: Cut-away of feet moving on treadmill.
INTERVIEW: "We found that physical exercise in addition to social and mental activities are protective against the development of Alzheimer's disease. It's important for people to be active in early life, in middle life, and in later life. Actually we find that people with higher levels of activity are about three and a half times less likely to get Alzheimer's disease than those with lower levels of activities." (TRT 0:24)
VIDEO: More shots of elderly women on treadmills and other exercise equipment.
VOICEOVER: DOCTOR FRIEDLAND CAUTIONS THAT EXERCISE ALONE WON'T PREVENT ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE, BUT HE SAYS, BOTH MENTAL AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY WILL PRODUCE LONG-TERM BENEFIT.
SOUND BITE: Robert Friedland, M.D.
INTERVIEW: "The bottom line is that activity is good. We are meant to be active and we know that activity is good for all organ systems of the body; such as the heart and the joints, and muscles and blood vessels. And we believe, our work suggests, this is also true about the brain." (TRT 0:19)
VIDEO: More shots of elderly man (Alzheimer's patient) taking cognitive tests. Cut to women on treadmills.VOICEOVER: ALTHOUGH IT IS NOT COMPLETELY UNDERSTOOD HOW EXERCISE INTERFERES WITH ALZHEIMER'S, DOCTOR FRIEDLAND SAYS THE POSITIVE HORMONAL AND BIOCHEMICAL EFFECT SEEMS TO BE AS GOOD FOR YOUR BRAIN AS IT IS FOR YOUR HEART.
THIS IS DAVE NAROSNY REPORTING FROM CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY, CLEVELAND.