by Karen Schmidt, American Heart Association Credit: CC0 Public Domain A year of exercise training helped to preserve or increase the youthful elasticity of the heart muscle among people showing early signs of heart failure, a small study shows. The new research, published Monday in the American Heart Association journal Circulation, bolsters the idea that “exercise is medicine,”...
by Karen Schmidt, American Heart Association Credit: CC0 Public Domain A year of exercise training helped to preserve or increase the youthful elasticity of the heart muscle among people showing early signs of heart failure, a small study shows. The new research, published Monday in the American Heart Association journal Circulation, bolsters the idea that “exercise is medicine,”...
by Lindsay Bottoms, The Conversation Different bands create a different amount of tension. Credit: Natalia Plekhanova/ Shutterstock Resistance-band exercises have been all over social media during the pandemic. In case you aren’t familiar with them, resistance bands are similar to an elastic band, usually made from a synthetic fiber like latex or rubber. You can loop them...
by University of Basel Sports relieves cancer-induced anemia by reducing the destruction of red blood cells (red). Credit: Nano Imaging Lab SNI/Biozentrum, University of Basel Many cancer patients suffer from anemia leaving them fatigued, weak, and an impaired ability to perform physical activity. Drugs only rarely alleviate this type of anemia. Researchers at the University of...
by Nottingham Trent University Credit: CC0 Public Domain Scientists at Nottingham Trent University said that such occurrences in the bone cells are also likely to play an important role in helping to limit the risk of other bone illnesses, such as osteoporosis. The research team, which included musculoskeletal biologists and cancer researchers, aimed to identify the mechanisms involved in...
EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF OBESITY Exercise training can help support the management of overweight and obesity in adults, and can contribute to health benefits beyond “scale victories”. The supplement published today in Obesity Reviews, based on the work of an expert group convened under the auspices of the European Association for the Study...
Credit…Ash Ponders for The New York Times By Gretchen Reynolds Published June 23, 2021Updated June 24, 2021 The summer of 2021 came in sizzling, with June temperatures in many parts of the United States shattering records, baking landscapes, and prompting those of us who usually exercise outside to question when, how — and if —...
by Asociacion RUVID Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A study by the Faculty of Physiotherapy of the University of Valencia (UV), in collaboration with the Autonomous University of Madrid, has shown that a physiotherapy program that uses the Nintendo Wii console improves the functionality, balance, and daily activities of patients who have suffered a cerebrovascular accident or...
BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER BOSTON – Although everyone can benefit from exercise, the mechanistic links between physical fitness and overall health are not fully understood, nor are the reasons why the same exercise can have different effects in different people. Now a study published in Nature Metabolism led by investigators at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center...
by Kobe University Figure 1: Cross-sections of muscle fibers 2 weeks after injury and a graph to show their distribution. Above: Cross-sections of muscle 2 weeks after injury in non-icing and icing groups.Below: Cross-sectional area distribution (%) of regenerated muscle fibers. Cross-sectional areas of regenerated muscle fibers in the icing group (indicated in black) were small;...
