Mackenzie Long, a personal trainer in physical therapy and sports medicine at the Mayo Clinic Health System in La Crosse and Onalaska, Wisconsin, explains the health benefits of tracking steps.
Dec 3, 2025
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It's well known that exercise is good for health and helps to prevent serious diseases, like cancer and heart disease, along with simply making people feel better overall. However, the molecular mechanisms responsible for ...
Creating a safe, gender-specific, supportive environment—one that is free of body shaming and idealized female forms, for example—is key to minimizing female athletes' future risks of injury and protecting their health, emphasizes ...
Dec 2, 2025
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One of the largest MRI-based studies comparing knee injuries between men and women reveals surprising differences in injury patterns based on gender and age.
Nov 30, 2025
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The brain's waste-clearing system significantly declines in function with repeated head impacts, according to a new study of cognitively impaired professional boxers and mixed martial arts fighters. The findings are being ...
Nov 26, 2025
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Humans are among the most capable long-distance runners in the animal kingdom. However, body shape and composition vary individually, reflecting adaptations to common movement patterns. In running, the extended lower limb ...
Nov 26, 2025
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Scientists at the University of Portsmouth have created the first detailed 3D map of how a crucial piece of connective tissue in our bodies responds to the stresses of movement and exercise. This tissue, called calcified ...
Nov 25, 2025
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When you're training for a race, it is tempting to go to extremes. But that makes this a prime time to watch for warning signs of overtraining, advises Corey Wencl, who supervises athletic training services in sports medicine ...
Nov 19, 2025
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A study using more than 27,000 sleep records of collegiate athletes provides the best evidence to date that early morning team practices take a toll on healthy sleep.
Nov 17, 2025
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Line dancing is enjoying a global resurgence, rising to a level of popularity not seen since Billy Ray Cyrus' Achy Breaky Heart topped the charts in 1991.
Nov 13, 2025
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