Aerobic exercise boosts cognitive function in women undergoing chemotherapy

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Many women who receive chemotherapy experience a decreased ability to remember, concentrate, and/or think?commonly referred to as ?chemo-brain? or ?brain fog??both short- and long-term. In a recent clinical trial of women initiating chemotherapy for breast cancer, those who simultaneously started an aerobic exercise program self-reported greater improvements in cognitive function and quality of life compared with those receiving standard care. The findings are published by*Wiley*online in*CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society.

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