Title: Exercise: The Brain's Fountain of Youth Category: Health News Created: 11/20/2008 Last Editorial Review: 11/20/2008

Core Pilates & Yoga and the Lowcountry Autism Foundation will host a free exercise education session for children with autism spectrum disorder and their families from 10:30 to 11:45 a.m. Saturday in Suite 306 in the Courtyard Building on Office Park Road.

TAINAN CITY, Taiwan, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- In a study in mice, exercise was found to reverse the age-related decline in the production of neural stem cells in the brain, scientists in Taiwan said.

HOUSTON, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- A portion-controlled diet and exercise improve body weight and physical function in elderly cancer survivors, U.S. researchers have learned.

Title: Diet, Exercise May Modify Breast Cancer Risks Category: Health News Created: 11/19/2008 8:53:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 11/19/2008

HOUSTON, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- A home-based diet and exercise intervention results in improvement in body weight and physical function in elderly cancer survivors, U.S. researchers said.

Daily physical exercise begun no later than middle age fights age-related brain decline, mouse studies suggest.

A team of health workers will go into schools in County Durham identifying obese children and getting them to exercise.

TUESDAY, Nov. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists believe they have found out why diet and exercise affect a women's chance of breast cancer after she's past menopause, a new study says.

A new study confirms that exercise can reverse the age-related decline in the production of neural stem cells in the hippocampus of the mouse brain, and suggests that this happens because exercise restores a brain chemical which promotes the production and maturation of new stem cells.