Kick up your heels – ballroom dancing offers benefits to the aging brain and could help stave off dementia

Helena Blumen, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Posted 1/2/23

The big idea: Social ballroom dancing can improve cognitive functions and reduce brain atrophy in older adults who are at increased risk for Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia. …

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