http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Levels of physical inactivity and obesity are very high in children, with fewer than 50% of primary school-aged boys and fewer than 28% of girls meeting the minimum levels of physical activity required to maintain health. Exergaming, using active console video games that track player movement to control the game (e.g., Xbox-Kinect, Wii), has become popular, and may provide an alternative form of exercise to counteract sedentary behaviors. In a study scheduled for publication in The Journal of Pediatrics, researchers studied the effects of exergaming on children. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-videogaming-exergaming-children-health.html Pediatrics Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:01 EST news287944806 Microbubbles decrease the time and acoustic power of ultrasound required to heat and destroy an embedded target, finds research in BioMed Central's open access journal Journal of Therapeutic Ultrasound. If these results can be replicated in the clinic, microbubbles could improve the efficiency of high intensity ultrasound treatment of solid tumors. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-microbubbles-cancer-therapy.html Cancer Wed, 24 Apr 2013 20:00:01 EST news286045072 With many of us struggling to get enough exercise, sport and exercise scientists at Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) and the University of Birmingham, under the lead of Professor Anton Wagenmakers, have been working on a time-saving solution. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-inactive-people-major-health-gains.html Health Fri, 01 Feb 2013 05:58:59 EST news278920730 Do you feel like exercise just leaves you fatigued without any real improvements? A study of cyclists by scientists at the University of Stirling has uncovered the secret to successful training, a discovery which could help us all lead healthier lives. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-scientific-breakthrough-reveals-secret-successful.html Health Fri, 18 Jan 2013 08:58:10 EST news277721860 Olympic medallists live longer than the general population, regardless of country of origin, medal won, or type of sport played, finds a study in the Christmas issue published on BMJ today. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-olympians-longer-population-cyclists-survival.html Health Thu, 13 Dec 2012 18:30:11 EST news274642557 Vigorous exercise is good for health, but only if it's limited to a maximum daily dose of between 30 and 50 minutes, say researchers in an editorial published online in Heart. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-fast-finish-line-life.html Health Thu, 29 Nov 2012 13:31:18 EST news273418271 The team behind the recent "Get Fit in 60 Seconds" headlines have taken their research out of the lab and put it into a user-friendly, how-to guide. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-latest-trend-seconds-publish-user-friendly.html Health Wed, 17 Oct 2012 06:47:26 EST news269675223 The fall season is a popular time of year for many to train and run marathons—premiere events such as the New York City Marathon, Marine Corps Marathon and Philadelphia Marathon will take place over the next several months. Because of the large amount of training mileage required to compete, runners are susceptible to injury. Those new to the sport who are participating in their first marathon are especially vulnerable to injury. Training errors are the most common cause of running injuries. Risk for overuse injuries can be reduced if runners follow some simple training guidelines. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-runners-injury-common.html Health Fri, 12 Oct 2012 07:03:34 EST news269244207 Physical activity interventions for children have small impact on overall activity levels and consequently the body fat and mass of children, a study published in the British Medical Journal today suggests. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-physical-interventions-children-impact.html Health Thu, 27 Sep 2012 19:21:33 EST news267992458 (Medical Xpress)—A new paper published this month by researchers at the University of Abertay Dundee suggests that anyone inspired to get fit by the Olympics and Paralympics can do so in just 60 seconds. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-post-olympics-seconds.html Health Tue, 18 Sep 2012 08:14:58 EST news267174887 Johbu Itoh at the Tokai University School of Medicine in Japan has developed a new and highly effective cancer therapy method where cancer cells are irradiated with ultraviolet C (UVC) light. The new method employs high intensity-UVC pulse flash rays (UVCPFR) of a broad UVC spectrum (230 to 280 nm) produced by a modified UV-flash sterilization system (BHX200). The experiments showed the pulsed nature of the spectrum to enhance the efficiency of destruction of neoplastic cells. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-cancer-therapy-ultra-violet-uvc-pulse.html Cancer Wed, 22 Aug 2012 14:01:17 EST news264862872 Elite athletes who cross more than five time zones to compete are around two to three times as likely to get ill as when they compete on their home turf, suggests research published online in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-zones-illness-elite-athletes.html Health Wed, 08 Aug 2012 18:30:05 EST news263660840 Weight training at a lower intensity but with more repetitions may be as effective for building muscle as lifting heavy weights says a new opinion piece in Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-muscle-heavy-weights.html Health Thu, 26 Apr 2012 04:36:54 EST news254633670 (HealthDay) -- Exercising at moderate or -- for very active women -- even high intensity during pregnancy won't hurt your baby's health, a new study finds. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-pregnancy-safe-baby.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:30:01 EST news249138659 There are many reasons why people with chronic kidney disease (CKD) often lose fitness and have increasing difficulty performing normal daily tasks, but new research shows scientific evidence for the benefits of regular exercise for people with CKD, including those with a kidney transplant. They can improve their physical fitness, walk further, have healthier blood pressures, healthier heart rates, higher health-related quality of life scores and better nutritional characteristics compared to those who don't exercise. So concludes a systematic review published in The Cochrane Library. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-regular-health-people-long-term-kidney.html Health Wed, 05 Oct 2011 03:41:58 EST news237004910