Lifting weights for less than an hour a week may reduce your risk for a heart attack or stroke by 40 to 70 percent, according to a new Iowa State University study. Spending more than an hour in the weight room did not yield ...
Nov 13, 2018
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Many people have become more sedentary in recent times with lockdowns and working from home due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
May 12, 2021
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Scientists at Tufts have determined that leg muscle power—the capability of the leg muscles to rapidly exert force—is a more accurate gauge of the severity of knee osteoarthritis than simple leg strength, a finding that ...
May 2, 2016
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Chronically stressing the retina can weaken it and damage our ability to see. But retinal cells have a remarkable ability to wall off damage, a team of neuroscientists led by UConn Health reports in the 1 March issue of PNAS. ...
Mar 7, 2022
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Many professional athletes experience a rupture of the Achilles tendon, but the injury does not necessarily mean an end to their careers, as many previously thought. Researchers from Emory University's Department of Orthopedics ...
Oct 1, 2020
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Krill oil may be beneficial to muscle function and size in healthy people over the age of 65, according to new research.
May 5, 2022
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Legend has it that Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, "Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door." University of Missouri researchers are doing just that, but instead of building mousetraps, the scientists ...
Aug 29, 2012
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Fish oil supplements may seem like a relatively recent health fad but they have actually been produced in the UK on a large scale since 1935 by the company Seven Seas Ltd. Since then, the fish oil supplement market has continued ...
Jan 18, 2017
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What's the best way to improve a sad mood? It may be whatever skill you think you're best at, a new study suggests.
Jan 20, 2022
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People on a plant-based diet who do strength training as opposed to other forms of exercise such as biking or swimming may have stronger bones than other people on a vegan diet, according to new research published in the ...
Aug 4, 2022
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