Experts from the Mayo Clinic report that aerobic activities (such and running, bicycling, and swimming) can benefit you in the following ways: keep excess pounds at bay; increase your stamina, fitness, and strength; reduce your health risks; manage … [Read more...]
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Physical Activity Protects the Heart
According to a new study that monitored the health status of over 65,000 middle-aged adults for a decade, regular exercisers have a reduced mortality risk for several cardiovascular outcomes, including acute myocardial infarction, chronic ischaemic … [Read more...]
Less Screen Time, Move More!
Surveys completed by nearly 25,000 middle schoolers revealed that those who spent more time engaged in physical activity and less time interacting with electronic devices scored higher on quality of life assessments than kids who spent more time with … [Read more...]
Limit Kids’ Access to Electronic Devices…
Using data collected from parental surveys and fitness assessments, researchers report there’s a relationship between the number of electronic devices a child has access to in the home and their risk for poor aerobic fitness. Children, January 2019 … [Read more...]
Are Fit Teens More Likely to Finish College?
Not only are teens who exercise more likely to work out in adulthood but a new long-term study suggests there’s an association between physical activity during adolescence and higher education attainment. Journal of School Health, January 2019 … [Read more...]
Physical Activity May Reduce Fall Risk for Seniors with Alzheimer’s
According to a new study, Alzheimer’s disease (AD) patients with higher cardiorespiratory fitness levels have better spatial navigation skills than less-fit AD patients. This suggests that promoting exercise can reduce the fall risk for patients with … [Read more...]
Anxious? Go Running
Among a group of 35 young adults with a generalized anxiety disorder, researchers observed that running on a treadmill for 30 minutes resulted in an immediate reduction in participants’ anxiety symptoms. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, … [Read more...]
Benefits Parkinson’s Patients
The current research suggests that physical exercise (such as aerobic exercises, treadmill training, dancing, traditional Chinese exercise, yoga, or resistance training) can improve both motor and non-motor symptoms in patients with Parkinson’s … [Read more...]
Exercise May Reduce Risk of Falls Among Alzheimer’s Patients
Among a group of 210 seniors with Alzheimer’s disease, researchers observed that those who participated in a year-long exercise program had a lower risk of falling than Alzheimer’s patients who did not exercise. Journal of the American Geriatrics … [Read more...]
Exercise Can Reduce Effect of Some Musculoskeletal Pain Conditions During Pregnancy
Researchers analyzed data from 32 studies that included over 52,000 pregnant women and found that while exercise did not reduce their risk for low back pain, pelvic girdle pain, or lumbopelvic pain either during pregnancy or in the postpartum period, … [Read more...]
Exercise Helps Eliminate Toxic Proteins from Muscles
A new animal-based study has found that daily exercise helps facilitate the elimination of proteins and organelles in the muscles that are no longer functional. Investigators say the removal of these components is vital, because when they accumulate, … [Read more...]
Family Caregivers Benefit From Exercise
Exercise can reduce stress and improve cellular health among family caregivers. Researchers recruited 68 sedentary individuals who cared for family members suffering from either Alzheimer's disease or another form of dementia. The participants were … [Read more...]
Exercise Helps Kids with ADHD
A review of data from 18 published studies found moderate-to-high- quality evidence that engaging in an exercise program improved attention and social behavior in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Attention Deficit and … [Read more...]
Fitness May Improve Cancer Survivability!
In this study, researchers found that men with greater cardiorespiratory fitness at the time of their cancer diagnosis were 23% less likely to die during the following five years than those with poor fitness scores. Journal of Sports Medicine and … [Read more...]