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Pizza study finds the body's metabolism to be good at coping with over-indulgence

A new study, which involved participants eating pizza well after feeling 'full' in order to test what immediate effects this had on the body, finds that our metabolism is surprisingly good at coping with over-indulgence.

24 Jul 2020

New collaboration brings over 20,000 onsite COVID-19 tests to Detroit’s residents

A partnership among Altimetrik, a Southfield-based fast-growing global business transformation company, the 501(c)(3) Vattikutti Foundation, Henry Ford Health System and the City of Detroit has provided more than 20,000 onsite COVID-19 tests to residents in 163 of Detroit's senior and congregate living facilities, as well as the city's first responders and essential workers.

23 Jul 2020

Occupational physical stress may be linked to faster brain aging, poorer memory

A new study out of Colorado State University has found that physical stress in one's job may be associated with faster brain aging and poorer memory.

22 Jul 2020

Scientific evidence shows GLDH is a safe biomarker for drug-induced liver injury

Critical Path Institute (C-Path) announced today that the Biomarker Qualification Program (BQP) at the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a positive response to the Qualification Plan (QP) for glutamate dehydrogenase (GLDH) as a safety biomarker for drug-induced liver injury (DILI), developed by C-Path's Predictive Safety Testing Consortium (PSTC) and Duchenne Regulatory Science Consortium (D-RSC).

22 Jul 2020

Study shows favorable cardiovascular health lowers risk of dementia

Genes and cardiovascular health each contribute in an additive way to a person's risk of dementia, U.S. researchers including Sudha Seshadri, MD, and Claudia Satizabal, PhD, of The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) reported July 20 in the journal Neurology.

21 Jul 2020

Ten major risk factors for Alzheimer's disease

Researchers have collated available scientific evidence on risk factors associated with Alzheimer's disease and come up with a list of ten important ones.

21 Jul 2020

Regular exercise key to fighting high blood pressure even in air polluted areas

Now, a team of researchers has found that regular physical activity or exercise can combat hypertension even in areas where there are high levels of air pollution.

20 Jul 2020

More than half of American children lack cardiorespiratory fitness

A new study strengthens the claim that children today are not as healthy as those decades ago. In fact, the study by researchers on behalf of the American Heart Association (AHA) has found that nearly 60 percent of American children do not have healthy cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF), a key measure of physical fitness and overall health.

20 Jul 2020

Higher-than-normal blood sugar levels may dampen benefits of aerobic exercise

Every doctor recommends regular aerobic exercise, since greater aerobic fitness is important for achieving better overall health.

20 Jul 2020

Helping older adults to address healthy longevity in the environment, homes, and communities

Have you thought about what you'd like your life to look like when you're 84?

17 Jul 2020

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: The Trump administration’s war on Fauci

Not only does the Trump administration lack a comprehensive plan for addressing the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, it spent much of the past week working to undercut one of the nation’s most trusted scientists, Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

16 Jul 2020

Why doctors keep monitoring kids who recover from mysterious COVID-linked illness

Israel Shippy doesn’t remember much about having COVID-19 — or the unusual auto-immune disease it triggered — other than being groggy and uncomfortable for a bunch of days. He’s a 5-year-old, and would much rather talk about cartoons, or the ideas for inventions that constantly pop into his head.

16 Jul 2020

COVID-19 pandemic is impacting the physical activity of older adults

By now, we're all aware that COVID-19 is especially dangerous for older adults--the older you are, the higher your risk for serious illness and even death if you contract the virus.

16 Jul 2020

Lung cancer study highlights important factors for treating genomically complicated cancers

A pioneering lung cancer study, led by the University of Birmingham's Cancer Research UK Clinical Trials Unit, has highlighted important factors that will need to be considered in the next wave of precision medicine studies particularly in treating genomically complicated cancers.

16 Jul 2020

Daily physical activity can improve executive function in children who need it most

A common school-age stereotype is that smart kids are unathletic. However, as a recent study lead by Associate Professor Keita Kamijo at the University of Tsukuba and Assistant Professor Toru Ishihara at Kobe University shows, physical activity is linked to better cognitive ability, which is in turn related to academic performance in school.

15 Jul 2020

Children's social health and wellbeing affected due to lack of sport during lockdown

An international study of youth sport during the COVID-19 pandemic has shown that young people have been hit by a lack of exercise and competition, with results showing a decrease in their social, mental and physical wellbeing in the absence of sport.

14 Jul 2020

Exercise bikes at workplace could help reduce heart disease risk by 15%

Employers could help staff reduce their risk of heart disease by 15 percent if they introduced specialised exercise bikes to the workplace, according to new research.

14 Jul 2020

Stress hormone is a crucial component of diabetes management, shows study

A new study by researchers at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and The Ohio State University College of Medicine documents a clear link between the stress hormone cortisol and higher blood sugar levels in people with type 2 diabetes.

13 Jul 2020

Researchers analyze the effects of beta-blockers on men and women with hypertension

Women taking beta-blockers for hypertension with no prior history of cardiovascular disease (CVD) have a nearly 5% higher risk for heart failure than men when they present to hospitals with acute coronary syndrome, according to new research published today in Hypertension, an American Heart Association journal.

13 Jul 2020

Study calls for adequate testing and treatment for African Americans with COVID-19

Marked racial disparities exist in confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths, investigators say, and highlight urgent needs to ensure adequate testing and treatment are available to African Americans and safer working and living conditions are in place so they can better protect themselves.

13 Jul 2020

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Latest Exercise News and Research

Pizza study finds the body's metabolism to be good at coping with over-indulgence

New collaboration brings over 20,000 onsite COVID-19 tests to Detroit’s residents

Occupational physical stress may be linked to faster brain aging, poorer memory

Scientific evidence shows GLDH is a safe biomarker for drug-induced liver injury

Study shows favorable cardiovascular health lowers risk of dementia

Ten major risk factors for Alzheimer's disease

Regular exercise key to fighting high blood pressure even in air polluted areas

More than half of American children lack cardiorespiratory fitness

Higher-than-normal blood sugar levels may dampen benefits of aerobic exercise

Helping older adults to address healthy longevity in the environment, homes, and communities

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: The Trump administration’s war on Fauci

Why doctors keep monitoring kids who recover from mysterious COVID-linked illness

COVID-19 pandemic is impacting the physical activity of older adults

Lung cancer study highlights important factors for treating genomically complicated cancers

Daily physical activity can improve executive function in children who need it most

Children's social health and wellbeing affected due to lack of sport during lockdown

Exercise bikes at workplace could help reduce heart disease risk by 15%

Stress hormone is a crucial component of diabetes management, shows study

Researchers analyze the effects of beta-blockers on men and women with hypertension

Study calls for adequate testing and treatment for African Americans with COVID-19

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