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New research reveals swimming beneficial for young people with asthma

New research by medical students working in the Breathe Well Centre of Research Excellence at the UTAS School of Medicine has revealed swimming has health benefits for young people with asthma, with no adverse effects on ...

Inflammatory disorders created May 10, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Super athletic mice are fit because their muscles burn more sugar

Muscle performance and fitness are partly determined by how well your muscle cells use sugar as a fuel source. In turn, exercising improves the muscle's ability to take up sugars from the bloodstream and burn ...

Genetics created Nov 30, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Longer exercise provides added benefit to children's health

Twenty minutes of daily, vigorous physical activity over just three months can reduce a child's risk of diabetes as well as his total body fat - including dangerous, deep abdominal fat – but 40 minutes ...

Health created Sep 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

High heart rate at rest signals higher risk of death even in fit healthy people

A high heart rate (pulse) at rest is linked to a higher risk of death even in physically fit, healthy people, suggests research published online in the journal Heart.

Cardiology created Apr 15, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Vigorous physical activity associated with reduced cardiometabolic risk factors in youth

A study of Canadian youth suggests that vigorous physical activity was associated with reduced cardiometabolic risk factors, such as body mass index z score (BMI-z), waist circumference, systolic blood pressure and increased ...

Pediatrics created Sep 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Exercise can improve the health and wellbeing of cancer patients

Exercise can improve the health of cancer patients who have completed their main cancer-related treatment finds a study published in the British Medical Journal.

Cancer created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers find link between low cognitive score and risk of brain injury

It is estimated that there are 10 million cases of traumatic brain injury globally every year with mild traumatic brain injuries being responsible for 70-90% of these. Incidence is highest among young males.

Neuroscience created Mar 12, 2013 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Male dancers signal their strength to men, women

Heterosexual men pick up clues about other men's physical qualities from their dance moves just as heterosexual women do, say researchers at Northumbria University.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jan 28, 2013 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Combining exercise and economics in the study of childhood obesity

(Medical Xpress)—The medical costs of obesity for the current cohort of children and adolescents in Maine could reach an estimated $1.2 billion over the next 20 years, according to a new study by a University ...

Overweight and Obesity created Nov 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Research team proves peer pressure can be used for good

Using peer mentors to enhance school-day physical activity in elementary aged students has been given an A+ from Nova Scotia researchers.

Health created Oct 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Reading, writing, arithmetic, and aerobics: Evaluating the new 'R' in academic performance

Although the long-term consequences of childhood obesity are well documented, some school districts have reduced physical education classes to devote more time to the 3 Rs in education—reading, writing, and arithmetic. ...

Pediatrics created Feb 28, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Short daily walk might help teen smokers cut down or quit, study says

Teenagers who increased the days on which they got just 20 minutes of exercise were able to cut down on their smoking habit. And teenage smokers were more likely to quit altogether if they participated in ...

Health created Apr 09, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Physical exercise improves gait speed, muscle strength, fitness in patients with Parkinson's disease

Physical exercise, including treadmill, stretching and resistance exercises, appears to improve gait speed, muscle strength and fitness for patients with Parkinson disease (PD), according to a report of a randomized clinical ...

Parkinson's & Movement disorders created Nov 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Soccer kicks up activity level of overweight kids, research finds

(HealthDay)—When looking for ways to get a heavy child moving, soccer could prove a winner.

Overweight and Obesity created Feb 26, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cool hands may be the key to increasing exercise capacity

Cooling the palms of the hands while working out could help you stick with a physical activity program, according to a small study presented at the American Heart Association's Epidemiology and Prevention/Nutrition, Physical ...

Health created Mar 13, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0