http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Heart disease continues to be the leading cause of death in the United States, and a sedentary lifestyle is often cited as a major contributing factor. Among the Tsimane, an indigenous population in the lowlands of Bolivia's Amazon basin, however, indicators of heart disease are practically non-existent –– cholesterol is low, obesity is rare, and smoking is uncommon. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-anthropologists-effects-modernization-physical-heart.html Health Fri, 01 Feb 2013 10:26:36 EST news278936693 More Albertans may be benefiting from physical activity, but there's still plenty of room for people to get moving, according to a new survey. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-albertans-room.html Health Thu, 10 Jan 2013 06:20:36 EST news277021229 (Medical Xpress)—Getting your family and friends to support you in being physically active and setting yourself physical activity goals are among the top ten tips scientifically proven to help combat Type 2 diabetes. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-ten-combat-diabetes-year.html Diabetes Wed, 02 Jan 2013 09:45:31 EST news276342322 In a new study from Brigham and Women's Hospital, in collaboration with the National Cancer Institute, researchers have quantified how many years of life are gained by being physically active at different levels, among all individuals as well as among various groups with different body mass index. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-quantify-years-life-gained-physically.html Health Tue, 06 Nov 2012 17:00:20 EST news271417245 Women who exercise regularly spend as much time sitting as women who don't, according to a new Northwestern Medicine study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-physically-women.html Health Wed, 31 Oct 2012 19:20:03 EST news270929054 A new study conducted by researchers at the University of Cordoba links moderate physical activity in males with better hormone levels and sperm characteristics that favour reproduction compared to sedentary men. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-men-quality-semen.html Medical research Wed, 31 Oct 2012 16:06:43 EST news270918268 Free bus passes for over-60s may be encouraging older people to be more physically active, say the authors of a study published today in the American Journal of Public Health. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-free-bus-health-benefit.html Health Thu, 20 Sep 2012 16:36:53 EST news267377799 In an age when even preschoolers have electronic toys and devices, many parents wonder how to get their children to be more physically active. Now, two studies published by University at Buffalo researchers provide some answers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-kids-toy-choices.html Health Wed, 18 Apr 2012 17:14:49 EST news253988082 Women undergoing treatment for breast cancer might fight off distressing side effects and improve psychological well-being by staying off the couch. According to the University of Miami (UM) study, women who are physically active during treatment have less depression and an enhanced quality of life and report less debilitating fatigue. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-quality-life-breast-cancer-treatment.html Cancer Sat, 14 Apr 2012 05:41:30 EST news253600872 Good news for soccer moms: Girls who join organized team sports at age 11 are more likely to stay physically active as they get older, according to a new study in the Journal of Adolescent Health. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-team-sports-young-girls-physically.html Health Wed, 07 Mar 2012 08:50:04 EST news250330374 Australian researchers need to investigate the specific physical activity levels required by preschoolers to encourage better exercise habits later in life, academics argue. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-young-closer-preschooler-physical.html Health Mon, 20 Feb 2012 09:59:07 EST news248954335 (Medical Xpress) -- For many people, the motivation to exercise fluctuates from week to week, and these fluctuations predict whether they will be physically active, according to researchers at Penn State. In an effort to understand how the motivation to exercise is linked to behavior, the researchers examined college students' intentions to be physically active as well as their actual activity levels. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-affects-behavior.html Health Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:59:57 EST news248345971 (Medical Xpress) -- People who are more physically active report greater levels of excitement and enthusiasm than people who are less physically active, according to Penn State researchers. People also are more likely to report feelings of excitement and enthusiasm on days when they are more physically active than usual. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-physical-yields-enthusiasm.html Health Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:42:40 EST news247916553 Imagine this scene: A teen who is about to enter college goes for a run or heads off for a game of soccer. But Mom and Dad complain about it, and the more physically active the teen is, the more the parents push back against it. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-mexican-parents-discourage-teens-physical.html Health Mon, 05 Dec 2011 16:59:16 EST news242326746 The genetic predisposition to obesity due to the 'fat mass and obesity associated' (FTO) gene can be substantially reduced by living a physically active lifestyle according to new research by a large international collaboration, led by Ruth Loos from the Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit, in Cambridge, UK, and published in this week's PLoS Medicine. The researchers found that the effect of the FTO gene on obesity risk is nearly 30% weaker among physically active than in physically inactive adults. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-physical-effect-obesity-gene.html Health Tue, 01 Nov 2011 17:45:43 EST news239388293 Regular physical activity is associated with a lower risk of suffering depression in old age. This is shown by one of the largest studies on elderly Europeans to have been carried out, by researchers at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, among others. Research also shows that self-determined motivation and perceived competence are important factors in persuading elderly people to exercise more. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-years-life.html Health Tue, 01 Nov 2011 17:43:38 EST news239388179