Additional Light Activity, Such as Chores, Linked to Reduced Risk of Depression in Adolescents
Sitting Still Linked to Increased Risk of Depression in Adolescents Too much time sitting still — sedentary behavior — is linked to an increased risk…
Sitting Still Linked to Increased Risk of Depression in Adolescents Too much time sitting still — sedentary behavior — is linked to an increased risk…
Regular aerobic workouts may decrease the likelihood of developing Alzheimer’s disease. Individuals at risk for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) because of family history or genetic predisposition…
Physical activity is thought to be our greatest ally in the fight against cardiovascular disease. But there may be significant variations in its protective effects…
Exercising before eating breakfast improves how the body responds to insulin and lowers people’s risk of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. According to a…
A new study in the Canadian Journal of Cardiology showed that older individuals have the most to gain and may gain the most from rehabilitation…
Patients with cancer should receive a tailored exercise prescription to protect their hearts, reports a paper published today (October 6, 2019) in the European Journal…
You’d expect excessive athletic training to make the body tired, but can it make the brain tired too? A new study reported in the journal…
UNC School of Medicine’s Maya Styner, MD, led research showing that the combination of cutting calories and exercising can make bones smaller and more fragile…
Older people who have never taken part in sustained exercise programs have the same ability to build muscle mass as highly trained master athletes of…
When dehydration strikes, part of the brain can swell, neural signaling can intensify, and doing monotonous tasks can get harder. With the help of brain…
A new study finds that long-term heat therapy may increase mitochondrial function in the muscles. The discovery could lead to new treatments for people with…
Using better tracking methods, researchers found that women who exercise reduce their risk of death by 60-70 percent. This is a much larger increase than…
New research from the University of Sydney reveals around 1000 molecular reactions to exercise, opening the door for drug treatments to mirror the health benefits…
A systematic review of 160 clinical trials of the cardiometabolic benefits of exercise shows that exercise significantly improved cardiorespiratory fitness and some cardiometabolic biomarkers, but…
A new formula gauges a person’s 10-year risk of dying by estimating a person’s ability to exercise on a treadmill at an increasing speed and…
New research from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health shows that weight training helps target age-related abdominal fat in men. Healthy men who…
A new drug candidate, SR9009, has been shown to significantly increase exercise endurance in animal models. Researchers believe these findings may lead to better treatments…
A study from scientists at Lund University found that exercise induces genome-wide changes in DNA methylation in human adipose tissue, potentially affecting adipocyte metabolism. Exercise,…