Perhaps Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers were onto something. Each enjoyed full and active lives and lived into their 80s. Their secret? A study by the Lancisi Heart Institute in Italy found that those who danced three times per week improved oxygen health by 18 percent, while a study by the University of Missouri found that dance can improve both balance and gait. Meanwhile, a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that people who took part in ballroom dancing twice a week had a lower incidence of dementia. The benefits of dancing abound.
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