Running slows the aging clock, researchers find
Monday, August 11, 2008 - 15:28
in Health & Medicine
Regular running slows the effects of aging, according to a new study from Stanford University School of Medicine that has tracked 500 older runners for more than 20 years. Elderly runners have fewer disabilities, a longer span of active life and are half as likely as aging nonrunners to die early deaths, the research found.