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

  • Written by Helena Blumen, Associate Professor of Medicine and Neurology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Kick up your heels – ballroom dancing offers benefits to the aging brain and could help stave off dementiaNot only is it good aerobic exercise, but dancing may help the elderly with reasoning skills and memory.Thomas Barwick/Stone via Getty Images

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