Computers, Exercise Linked to Lower MCI Risk from MedPage Today

By Michael Smith, North American Correspondent, MedPage Today

Moderate physical exercise, combined with computer use late in life, is associated with a lower risk of mild cognitive impairment, a researcher said here.

In a cross-sectional analysis of participants in an aging study, both elements were separately associated with a lower risk of the impairment, according to Yonas Geda, MD, of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.

But they also showed a significant additive interaction that created a synergistic effect, Geda reported at the annual meeting here of the American Academy of Neurology.
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