NIH awards Cleveland Clinic $6.7 M to study impact of high-impact exercise in preventing Alzheimer's

(Cleveland Clinic) The National Institutes of Health has awarded Cleveland Clinic a $6.7 million grant to evaluate if high-intensity exercise can prevent development of Alzheimer's disease. The five-year study will assess the effect of home-based indoor cycling in slowing disease progression in healthy older people at high genetic risk for developing the disease.