by Len Canter, Healthday Reporter As an alternative, many people try to cram in a week’s worth of fitness on the weekends. While this approach has been met with skepticism in the past (along with worry about injuries), new research shows that you can get exercise’s health benefits this way. A British study published in JAMA Internal Medicine says...
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Rehabilitating knees
by Julie Stewar, University of Delaware A tear of the anterior cruciate ligament in a knee isn’t just painful in the moment—the injury also increases a patient’s risk of developing osteoarthritis later. At the University of Delaware, a research team led by Tom Buchanan, the George W. Laird Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of the Delaware Rehabilitation Institute, is...
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How to start exercising if you’re out of shape
by Andrew Lavender, The Conversation Perhaps your GP has recommended you exercise more, or you’ve had a recent health scare. Maybe your family’s been nagging you to get off the couch or you’ve decided yourself that it’s time to lose some weight. How do you find the motivation, time and resources to get fit, particularly if you haven’t exercised in a while?...
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Active lifestyle shown to repair spinal cord injuries
By Ananya Mandal, MD Reviewed by Kate Anderton, B.Sc. Leading an active lifestyle could help repair and regenerate damaged nerves of the spinal cord after an injury, according to new research. Early stage study results were published in the latest issue of the journal Science Translational Medicine. Using mice and rat models, the international research team,...
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Tilt training prevents fainting
Worry and fear about fainting reduced and patients returned to work EUROPEAN SOCIETY OF CARDIOLOGY Lisbon, Portugal – 18 March 2019: Tilt training effectively prevents fainting, according to research presented today at EHRA 2019, a European Society of Cardiology (ESC) congress.1 The programme also improved quality of life, reduced the worry and fear about future fainting and enabled patients to return to work. “Our...
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How fasting and exercise can supercharge the body’s cellular vacuum cleaner
One of the many useful things our bodies do on their own is rid themselves of proteins that are no longer of use. Whether the proteins are defective, toxic or simply surplus to requirements, our cellular machinery can act swiftly and decisively when shedding this dead weight. But by figuring out new ways to control...
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Exercise can improve non-motor symptoms of Parkinson’s disease
Exercise has potential to improve non-motor as well as motor symptoms of Parkinson’s disease (PD), including cognitive function, report investigators in a review published in the Journal of Parkinson’s Disease. PD is a slowly progressive disorder that affects movement, muscle control, and balance. While traditionally regarded as a movement disorder, it is now known to be a heterogeneous multisystem disorder – in recognition of the significant impact that non-motor symptoms have...
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Excess belly fat may lead to a reduction in gray matter
A study conducted by researchers at Loughborough University has found that excess abdominal fat is associated with a lower volume of gray matter in the brain. Professor of exercise, Mark Hamer, and colleagues found that a higher body mass index (BMI), together with a higher waist-to-hip ratio, was linked to a lower gray matter volume, when compared to leaner individuals. Interestingly, a higher BMI, together...
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The No BS Guide to Building Lean Muscle
Get strong and lean while spurring fat loss and staving off the effects of aging Regardless of whether you call it strength, resistance, or weight training, any body can benefit from gaining muscle. A strong core and limbs can help you avoid falling or make lugging groceries up the stairs easier. Then there’s the added...
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Very Brief Workouts Count Toward 150-Minute Goal, New Guidelines Say
New federal exercise recommendations include the first-ever federal activity parameters for 3-year-olds, as well as a few surprising omissions. As of Monday, the United States has new federal physical-activity guidelines. The new guidelines, which represent a scientific consensus about how much and what types of physical activities we should complete for good health, bear a strong resemblance...