Clinical trial · Supplements / medicine · 31 Aug 2026
Aerobic exercise boosts executive function in postmenopausal women
Source: News-Medical
What the research found
Study (randomized). Rutgers researchers led by Sharon Sanz Simon report in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease that 93 healthy women ages 20–67 (43% postmenopausal), starting below-average fitness and not regular exercisers, were assigned to six months of aerobic training or stretching-and-toning. Post-menopausal women in the aerobic arm improved executive function (task-switching speed and error management) more than the stretch group and more than pre-menopausal women on the same aerobic program. Gains appeared by three months and continued to six. Memory and processing speed did not show the same change. About 8 in 10 completed three months and 7 in 10 the full six. This is educational movement, not a dementia treatment or a supplement protocol.
Evidence level: Clinical trial. This is among the stronger kinds of evidence, but one study rarely settles a question.
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