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Study in women shows significant link between regular exercise during middle-age and physical health in later life

Consistent adherence to physical activity guidelines throughout middle-age is associated with a higher health-related quality of life in women, according to a study published May 2 in the open-access journal PLOS Medicine ...

Health

How much time should you spend sitting versus standing? New research reveals the perfect mix for optimal health

People have a pretty intuitive sense of what is healthy—standing is better than sitting, exercise is great for overall health and getting good sleep is imperative.

Sports medicine & Kinesiology

Call for parents and youth sport coaches to get on the same page

Parents and youth sport coaches need to have positive relationships to foster positive sporting experiences and enable young people to reach their sporting potential—but there's currently no clear direction about the best ...

Addiction

Femoral nerve block cuts opioid use in ACL reconstruction

For patients undergoing anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction, a femoral nerve block (FNB) is associated with a lower incidence of excessive opioid consumption than adductor canal block (ACB), according to a study ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

A friendly pat on the back can improve performance in basketball

A free throw in basketball will have every eye glued to one person. It's an intensely stressful situation. A research team led by the University of Basel studied whether a friendly tap on the shoulder increases the odds of ...

Surgery

Review compares analgesic interventions after shoulder surgery

The average pain trajectories after shoulder surgery vary with different analgesic interventions, according to research presented at the 49th Annual Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine Meeting, held from March ...

Genetics

Regular exercise prevents DNA damage with aging

Regular aerobic exercise later in life prevents genomic instability characterized by DNA damage and telomere dysfunction, according to a study from the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Utah. Researchers ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Post-COVID not necessarily a barrier to exercise, finds study

People suffering from post-COVID have been discouraged from exercising because early observations suggested it could be harmful. In a study published in JAMA Network Open, researchers from Karolinska Institutet show that ...

Health

Exercise habits in youth create better health outcomes for some

Forming a long-term recreational exercise habit as a young person has a beneficial impact on physical and mental health later in life, but some groups, such as females and academic high-achievers, miss out on these benefits ...

Health

Powder power: The good, bad and nutrient overload

Many people are looking to supercharge their health, or simply lose weight, with one of the latest trends in nutrition—powders. Makers of these easy-to-mix nutrient products claim they provide all the essential vitamins ...