Health
Use it or rapidly lose it: How to keep up strength training in lockdown
If you're among the millions in lockdown, ask yourself: when was the last time you did some strength training?
Aug 11, 2021
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Exercise improves health through changes to DNA
While it is widely known that regular physical exercise decreases the risk of virtually all chronic illnesses, the mechanisms at play are not fully known. Now scientists at the University of Copenhagen have discovered that ...
Aug 2, 2021
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Pediatrics
Kids' grip strength is improving, but other measures of muscle fitness are getting worse
Physical fitness in kids refers to their ability to perform physical activity. Their fitness level is not only important for success in sports and athletics, but also for good health.
Jul 27, 2021
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High-intensity strength and impact training attenuates skeletal aging
Regular strength and impact-type training may decrease or even prevent age-related bone deterioration in men, new research at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, shows. The tibial bone properties of middle-aged and older ...
Jun 3, 2021
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Restoring health and fitness with exercise
If COVID-19 restrictions have kept you home exercising less and eating more, it could be affecting your health as could the stress, boredom and isolation of this time. Exercise can help.
May 24, 2021
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How quickly do we become unfit?
Getting in shape isn't easy. But after all that hard work, how long do we actually maintain it? Turns out that even the great effort we put into training, taking a bit of time off can mean that we become "unfit" much faster ...
May 14, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Football Fitness gives an important boost to health in women treated for breast cancer
The University of Southern Denmark (SDU), Rigshospitalet and the University of Copenhagen have come together to study the effects of Football Fitness on various health parameters and self-rated health following treatment ...
Apr 26, 2021
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Gerontology & Geriatrics
Why age is no barrier to keeping fit and healthy
It's often said that a major sign you're getting older is when you struggle to recover from exercise as quickly as you did back in your younger days.
Apr 23, 2021
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The miracle cure is exercise, not vitamin D
In residents of northern latitudes, the content of vitamin D in the body varies naturally throughout the year. This coincides with varying exposure to sunlight, which typically is high in summer and low in winter. Our most ...
Apr 20, 2021
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Gerontology & Geriatrics
Loss of muscle mass among elderly can lead to falls, and staying put during the pandemic doesn't help
Older adults are at much higher risk of death from COVID-19 than their younger counterparts, but many also face another, less recognized health risk associated with the pandemic: loss of muscle mass. This loss is one of the ...
Feb 3, 2021
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