by Lisa Schencker Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Like many moms, Asmita Patel has struggled to find time to exercise in recent years. Between working, taking care of her children, caring for relatives and shuttling her kids to activities, she didn’t work out much. That changed, however, last month when the Niles woman and her 13-year-old...
by University of Surrey Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Increased levels of exercise could help reduce frailty in patients with the most common form of leukemia, chronic lymphocytic (CLL), according to new research from the University of Surrey. The discovery of a link between frailty and “good cholesterol” (high-density lipoprotein (HDL)) could help identify people most...
by McGill University Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Spinal cerebellar ataxia 6 (SCA6) is an inherited neurological condition which has a debilitating impact on motor coordination. Affecting around 1 in 100,000 people, the rarity of SCA6 has seen it attract only limited attention from medical researchers. To date, there is no known cure and only limited...
by Karolinska Institutet Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Regular exercise helps prevent and delay the development of type 2 diabetes and its complications. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet, together with a team of international scientists, have discovered that activation of the immune system in skeletal muscle during exercise may underlie the difference in how individuals with type...
by University of Granada Visual abstract. Credit: JAMA Network Open (2022). DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.27893 Is it possible to make humans smarter? There has been a traditional belief that intelligence is a characteristically stable trait; however, in recent years this conception has begun to change. Intelligence may be more modifiable than previously thought. While there are well-known benefits of...
by Ian Thomsen, Northeastern University Northeastern Psychology student Trevor Cline runs a simulation with Mattea, 13, where she runs on a treadmill while wearing a VO2 max test, the gold standard way to measure maximal aerobic capacity at the Center for Cognitive & Brain Health in Northeastern’s Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Complex. Credit: Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University...
Stanford Medicine researchers and their collaborators have identified a molecule that staves off hunger post-exercise. Scientists are calling it the “anti-hunger” molecule. New research shows that a compound induced by intense exercise travels to the brain to stifle appetite. The molecule, identified by researchers at Stanford Medicine, Baylor University, and other institutions, helps demonstrate how exercise results in...
by Frontiers Significant Changes in Women with RISE Exercise Training Conducted in the Morning (AM) or Evening (PM). Upper Body Maximal Strength (A), Upper Body Peak Power (B), Upper Body Muscle Strength/Endurance (C), Lower Body Peak Power (D), Abdominal Fat Percent (E), and Fat Mass (F). ap < 0.05 pre vs post pairwise differences; bp...
by Tohoku University Compression garments are commonly used by athletes. Credit: Tohoku University Compression garments are an elastic cloth fittings that people wear on their arms, legs, or hips during or after physical exercise. Their use has gained popularity over the last few decades because they are thought to enhance muscle recovery following exercise. An international...
by Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University Drs. Masuko Ushio-Fukai and Tohru Fukai. Credit: Michael Holahan, Augusta University One way exercise can counter the damage of diabetes is by enabling activation of a natural system we have to grow new blood vessels when existing ones are ravaged by this disease, scientists report. Angiogenesis is...
