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Exercise can also have a major impact on mental health

Exercising can be absolutely awful. However, none of our excuses matter when it comes to the health benefits. The benefits go beyond physical health —exercise also has a major impact on mental health.

31 Aug 2023

New study questions one-size-fits-all dietary guidelines for heart health

Study challenges common dietary recommendations for reducing cardiovascular disease, highlighting that factors like age, sex, and lifestyle significantly impact how animal-source foods affect heart health. It suggests that red meat consumption, but not overall animal-source food intake, could be indicative of an unhealthy lifestyle and elevated CVD risk.

30 Aug 2023

Is drinking water hardness associated with cardiovascular disease mortality?

Total drinking water hardness can protect against cardiovascular disease mortality.

30 Aug 2023

How diet and exercise may rewrite the Alzheimer's script at a molecular level

Researchers explore how lifestyle changes like diet and physical activity can influence microRNA expression in Alzheimer's patients, potentially offering new therapeutic avenues. The study fills a research gap in understanding how such lifestyle modifications could affect molecular mechanisms implicated in Alzheimer’s disease.

28 Aug 2023

Experts warn of unintended consequences of using GLP-1RAs to treat childhood obesity

A team of clinicians, exercise scientists, pharmaceutical scholars, ethicists and behavioral experts at the University of California, Irvine, outlined their concerns that the use of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) to treat childhood obesity and type 2 diabetes may have unintended and adverse consequences for children's health.

28 Aug 2023

General persistence of physical activity habits despite decline in participation during adolescence

A recent Scientific Reports study elucidated the patterns of physical activity participation and discontinuation based on puberty timing during adolescence.

28 Aug 2023

Trial evaluates behavioral and psychological interventions to reduce cardiotoxic effects of breast cancer treatment

Women with breast cancer are set to be enrolled in a clinical trial examining the ability of behavioral and psychological interventions to reduce the heart damage from anti-cancer therapies.

28 Aug 2023

Children’s wellbeing affected by the lingering effects of COVID-19 pandemic

While COVID-19 lockdowns are no longer mandated, the stress and anxiety of the pandemic still lingers, especially among young South Australians, say health experts at the University of South Australia.

25 Aug 2023

People over 60s with the unhealthiest lifestyles more likely to require nursing home admission

Over 60s with the unhealthiest lifestyles are significantly more likely to require admission to a nursing home than their peers with the healthiest lifestyles, suggest the findings of a large population study published online in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health.

24 Aug 2023

NIH awards $3 million grant to study synbiotic medical food for bone health in older women

The NIH/National Institute on Aging has awarded a R01 $3 million grant to study the impact of a probiotic/prebiotic (synbiotic) medical food developed by Solarea Bio on maintaining bone health of older women.

23 Aug 2023

New study to investigate link between agricultural fire smoke and dementia risk

Worldwide, the practice of preparing agricultural fields by burning crop residue contributes large quantities of gaseous pollutants and aerosol particles to the atmosphere and is a known cardiorespiratory health hazard.

23 Aug 2023

Many US young adults have poor lifestyle factors and cardiometabolic diseases, study reveals

Research published in the Journal of the American Heart Association reveals that many US young adults have poor lifestyle factors and cardiometabolic diseases - such as obesity, diabetes, and hypertension - with varying rates based on race and ethnicity.

23 Aug 2023

Physical Activity News and Research

Exercise can also have a major impact on mental health

New study questions one-size-fits-all dietary guidelines for heart health

Is drinking water hardness associated with cardiovascular disease mortality?

How diet and exercise may rewrite the Alzheimer's script at a molecular level

Experts warn of unintended consequences of using GLP-1RAs to treat childhood obesity

General persistence of physical activity habits despite decline in participation during adolescence

Trial evaluates behavioral and psychological interventions to reduce cardiotoxic effects of breast cancer treatment

Children’s wellbeing affected by the lingering effects of COVID-19 pandemic

People over 60s with the unhealthiest lifestyles more likely to require nursing home admission

NIH awards $3 million grant to study synbiotic medical food for bone health in older women

New study to investigate link between agricultural fire smoke and dementia risk

Many US young adults have poor lifestyle factors and cardiometabolic diseases, study reveals

Sedentary lifestyle in young people may harm heart health

Pediatric trauma admissions increased during COVID-19 pandemic

The prevalence of clustering of health behaviors and associated physical and mental health outcomes

Kinesiophobia is negatively associated with physical activity: What factors influence this relationship?

Did the use of sports and fitness apps change before and after the COVID-19 pandemic?

Review explores relationship between sleep disorders and pregnancy

Prolonged pain after myocardial infarctions associated with increase in risk of all-cause mortality

Study explores the effects of different diets on plasma proteins

Improving healthcare sustainability through carbon data

Managing vibration in IVF laboratories

A New Approach to Preventing Bladder Cancer Recurrence

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