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3D whole-body scanner can identify sporting talent, improve performance and health

How hard is it to pick the next Usain Bolt, Ian Thorpe or Anna Meares? Finding a world champion often falls to talent scouts and involves years of hard work, but could it be as simple as a 35-second body scan?

4 Aug 2020

How COVID-19 lockdown affected the heart

A new study published on the preprint server medRxiv in August 2020 shows that heart rate variability assessments, used to evaluate the health of the heart and blood vessels, are useful in identifying changes in health and well being throughout lockdown related to COVID-19.

4 Aug 2020

Severe fatigue common in COVID-19, independent of disease severity

Patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection often complain of fatigue, but now a new study shows that it also causes severe and frequent fatigue in those who recover after mild illness too.

2 Aug 2020

Young women with polycystic ovary syndrome more likely to get heart disease

Women in their 30s and 40s with a common condition affecting how the ovaries work are more likely to get heart disease. That's the finding of a study published today in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, a journal of the European Society of Cardiology.

2 Aug 2020

Juice launches six-week step challenge to improve employee health and wellbeing

Employee health and wellbeing firm Everyday Juice Ltd. has launched a six-week step challenge in a bid to help organisations reconnect their employees and improve health and wellbeing.

31 Jul 2020

Women who lack social ties have greater odds of being obese, UBC study says

Women who lack social ties have a greater likelihood of being obese, according to new UBC research published today in PLOS One. Men, on the other hand, were less likely to be obese if they lived alone and had a smaller social network.

30 Jul 2020

Impact training improves bone and muscle health in people with Crohn’s disease

Research from Northumbria University, Newcastle, has shown the important role specific types of exercise can play in the management of bone loss, fatigue and muscle dysfunction for those with Crohn’s disease.

30 Jul 2020

New approach shows promise for treating shoulder pain in wheelchair users with spinal cord injury

Researchers in regenerative rehabilitation conducted a pilot study of a new approach to the treatment of treatment-resistant shoulder pain in wheelchair users with spinal cord injury (SCI) and rotator cuff disease.

29 Jul 2020

Aerobic exercise may be more important for improvement in patients with fatty liver diseases

A new study from Trinity College Dublin highlights that fitness may be a more important clinical endpoint for improvement in patients with fatty liver diseases during exercise trials, rather than weight loss.

29 Jul 2020

Expert gives tips to cope with COVID-19 news fatigue

Media coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic, continuing full blast for more than half the year by July, seems to have hit a bump. There are indications that people are getting tired of the daily diet of coronavirus stories.

29 Jul 2020

Pilot study shows cholesterol-lowering medication improves function of coronary arteries

In a pilot study of people living with HIV or high levels of cholesterol, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers found that a six-week course of a cholesterol-lowering medication improved the function of the coronary arteries that provide oxygen to the heart.

29 Jul 2020

Study shows moderate exercise reduces side effects of prostate cancer treatment

New research published this weekinExperimental Physiologyfound that in prostate cancer survivors,a moderate bout of exercise kept the cell count of certain type of immune cells at a normal level, suggesting the exercise is safe for prostate cancer survivors.

29 Jul 2020

Exercise News and Research

Latest Exercise News and Research

3D whole-body scanner can identify sporting talent, improve performance and health

How COVID-19 lockdown affected the heart

Severe fatigue common in COVID-19, independent of disease severity

Young women with polycystic ovary syndrome more likely to get heart disease

Juice launches six-week step challenge to improve employee health and wellbeing

Women who lack social ties have greater odds of being obese, UBC study says

Impact training improves bone and muscle health in people with Crohn’s disease

New approach shows promise for treating shoulder pain in wheelchair users with spinal cord injury

Aerobic exercise may be more important for improvement in patients with fatty liver diseases

Expert gives tips to cope with COVID-19 news fatigue

Pilot study shows cholesterol-lowering medication improves function of coronary arteries

Study shows moderate exercise reduces side effects of prostate cancer treatment

OU physician receives $1.6 million NIH grant for knee osteoarthritis research

Perinatal depression not only affects the mother but has a lasting impact on offspring

Is medication exposing us to hormone-disrupting chemicals?

New program can help laboratories measure key chemical compounds in cannabis products

NAU researcher is studying respiratory mechanics in adult survivors of preterm birth

Study: Female patients with ankylosing spondylitis can still have children

Exercise equipment in communal gyms have high levels of antibiotic-resistant bacteria

Study investigates the causes and effects of excessive exercise in people with eating disorders

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