by Jordan Newman, Texas A&M University Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain It has now been three decades since 700,000 American troops responded to the invasion of Kuwait in the first Gulf War, and more than a third of those troops still suffer from the same condition: Gulf War Illness (GWI). Previously labeled Gulf War syndrome, GWI...
KESSLER FOUNDATION IMAGE: DR. BRIAN SANDROFF MONITORS A RESEARCH PARTICIPANT IN AN MS EXERCISE STUDY AT KESSLER FOUNDATION. CREDIT: KESSLER FOUNDATION East Hanover, NJ. December 29, 2021. Citing recent evidence, experts in rehabilitation research advocate for integrating exercise into the care plans of persons with multiple sclerosis. The central role of the neurologist in clinical...
by University of Sydney Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A new study suggests a person’s walking style that places more pressure on the hips and knees can contribute to future osteoarthritis. Researchers say the key is to find and catch these habits ‘in the act’ early on. The way people move and unconsciously place pressure on certain...
NICM HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE, WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY New research led by Western Sydney University suggests that aerobic exercise interventions incorporating either high-intensity interval training (HIIT) or moderate-intensity continuous training (MICT) are effective for improving non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. One of the most prevalent liver diseases in the world, affecting approximately 20-30% of the population, non-alcoholic...
UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH Real-world tests have shown that gait authentication could be a viable means of protecting smartphones and other mobiles devices from cyber crime, according to new research. A study led by the University of Plymouth asked smartphone users to go about their daily activities while motion sensors within their mobile devices captured data...
Exercise in the form of strength training creates such broad changes in metabolism and produces such diverse benefits to health that it is interesting to see a specific example in which it doesn’t help at all. That is possibly a path to better understanding which of the results of exercise are important, versus which are not, when it comes to functional...
by University of Bristol A black and white X-ray picture showing a triangular white area on the left side. A circle highlights the area. Credit: James Heilman, MD./Wikipedia People who exercise regularly can reduce their risk of developing and dying from pneumonia, new research has found. The study, led by the University of Bristol and...
by University of Nottingham Credit: CC0 Public Domain Exercise increases the body’s own cannabis-like substances, which in turn helps reduce inflammation and could potentially help treat certain conditions such as arthritis, cancer and heart disease. In a new study, published in Gut Microbes, experts from the University of Nottingham found that exercise intervention in people with arthritis, did not...
by The Physiological Society Credit: CC0 Public Domain Women with long COVID experience heart rate irregularities in response to physical exertion, and this has the potential to constrain not only exercise tolerance but free-living physical activity. In perspective of the greater prevalence of age-related physical disability among women, compared to men, these findings highlight a...
by Trevor Jones, Brigham Young University BYU exercise sciences professor Jayson Gifford administers heat therapy to a study subject. Credit: BYU Photo Data consistently shows that exercise is key to well-being in nearly every facet of life; its positive impact is unquestioned. But what about when people, perhaps not by choice, need to sit on...
