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These categories included bouts shorter than 5 minutes, 5 to shorter than 10 minutes, 10 to shorter than 15 minutes, and 15 minutes or longer.

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The connection between walking patterns and cardiovascular disease was even more pronounced.

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In this group, walking for longer periods at a time was strongly associated with lower risks of both death and cardiovascular disease.

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In a new study, Northwestern scientists identified a previously unknown highly toxic sub-species of amyloid beta oligomers -- toxic clusters of peptides -- that appear to drive several of the brain's earliest changes, including neuronal dysfunction, inflammation and activation of immune cells.

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The experimental drug, a small-molecule compound called NU-9, decreased this toxic amyloid beta oligomersubtype and dramatically reduced the damage it causes in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease.

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