Health
Diet or exercise: What's best for the middle-aged heart
(HealthDay)—If you're a middle-aged couch potato in serious need of boosting your heart health, is it better to exercise or diet?
Sep 15, 2016
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Diabetes
Exercise cuts gestational diabetes in obese pregnant women
Exercise alone can reduce the number of obese, pregnant women who develop gestational diabetes, a new study from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) has shown.
Jul 26, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Exercise helps young people with psychosis symptoms, study shows
An exercise programme devised by researchers at the University of Manchester has dramatically reduced symptoms among young people with first-episode psychosis.
Mar 14, 2016
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Exercise to control gestational hypertension
Researchers at UPM and UWO have shown that performing supervised moderate-intensity exercise during pregnancy can prevent gestational hypertension in pregnant women and overweight in newborns.
Feb 18, 2016
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Health
Membership of social/community groups after retirement linked to longer life
Membership of social groups, such as book clubs or church groups, after retirement is linked to a longer life, with the impact on health and wellbeing similar to that of regular exercise, suggests research published in the ...
Feb 15, 2016
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Cardiology
Exercise, diet improves ability to exercise for patients with common type of heart failure
Among obese older patients with a common type of heart failure, calorie restriction or aerobic exercise training improved their ability to exercise without experiencing shortness of breath, although neither intervention had ...
Jan 5, 2016
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Cardiology
Social and practical barriers keep HF patients from benefits of exercise therapy
Although supervised aerobic physical activity is a proven therapy for heart failure patients, lack of social support and practical barriers such as lack of transportation, keep many patients from benefitting from cardiac ...
Nov 17, 2015
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Immunology
Late-breaking study finds aerobic exercise significantly improved asthma control
Researchers from Hospital du Sacre-Coeur de Montreal, the Montreal Chest Institute, and Concordia University in Montréal, Canada, conducted a 12-week supervised aerobic exercise program for patients with asthma and found ...
Oct 19, 2015
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Diabetes
Exercise is good for everyone—but some struggle more than others
The cause of type 2 diabetes is linked to both genetics and lifestyle. If you have an immediate relative (mother, father, sibling) with type 2 diabetes, the risk of contracting the diabetes is about three times higher. Preventive ...
Oct 2, 2015
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Surgery
Cholecalciferol may help reduce BMD loss after bariatric surgery
(HealthDay)—An intervention including cholecalciferol, protein supplementation, and physical exercise reduces bone mineral density loss after bariatric surgery, according to a study published online Sept. 9 in the Journal ...
Sep 21, 2015
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