Courtney Southwick Can too much of a healthy habit become bad? Lots of evidence shows that regular exercise wards off respiratory infections like colds, flu, and COVID-19. However, very vigorous exercise may lead to these infections by triggering immune changes that increase risk, according to a new study. The findings come as we enter another...
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Intense Exercise May Be Risky in Moderate to Severe Stenosis
Batya Swift Yasgur, LSW June 30, 2023 Intense exercise may increase stroke risk among patients with moderate or severe stenosis, new research suggests. Investigators simulated blood flow in a sophisticated computational model of the internal carotid artery (ICA) at three stages of stenosis ― without blockage, with mild (30%) blockage, and with moderate (50%) blockage....
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Parkinson’s disease: Intense exercise may help to keep the disease at bay
by Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Credit: CC0 Public Domain Neuroscientists from the Faculty of Medicine of the Catholic University, Rome Campus, and the A. Gemelli IRCCS Polyclinic Foundation have found that intensive exercise could slow the course of Parkinson’s disease. The finding could pave the way for new non-drug approaches. The study, “Intensive exercise ameliorates motor...