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Latest Exercise News and Research

Muscle mass plays a critical role in health, shows research

Adults go to the doctor roughly three times a year. During their visit, vitals are taken such as blood pressure, pulse, and weight, but are these measurements really showing the full picture of a person's overall health?

19 Oct 2018

Physical activity lowers cardiovascular mortality risk in frail older adults

Frailty is a health condition that increases risks of poor health, falls, disability, and death in older adults. Signs of frailty include weakness, weight loss, slow walking speed, exhaustion, and low levels of activity.

19 Oct 2018

Conceptual framework proposed to examine role of exercise in multiple sclerosis

Researchers have proposed a conceptual framework for examining the relationship between exercise and adaptive neuroplasticity in the population with multiple sclerosis (MS).

19 Oct 2018

Supervised aerobic exercise can support major depression treatment

An analysis of randomized controlled clinical trials indicates that supervised aerobic exercise has large antidepressant treatment effects for patients with major depression. The systematic review and meta-analysis is published in Depression and Anxiety.

18 Oct 2018

New pragmatic study launched to understand the effectiveness of new type 2 diabetes drug

HealthCore, Inc., the outcomes research subsidiary of Anthem, Inc. and Novo Nordisk Inc., which manufacturers the once weekly GLP-1 receptor agonist Ozempic (semaglutide), are working together to launch the first of its kind pragmatic study to understand the benefits of semaglutide as compared with all other available diabetes drugs in a real-world pragmatic clinical trial for Type 2 diabetes - one of the nation's fastest growing chronic diseases.

17 Oct 2018

Research shows people over 65 are not performing enough physical activity

A research led by the University of Jaén reveals that people over 65 are not performing enough physical activity. Experts emphasize the importance of preserving physical performance to prevent the negative consequences of aging.

17 Oct 2018

Preoperative weight loss may not provide health benefits after surgery

For obese and overweight patients, it is common for various surgical procedures to be deferred until they have lost weight through diet and exercise.

17 Oct 2018

Nutrition has bigger positive impact on bone mass and strength than exercise

One question that scientists and fitness experts alike would love to answer is whether exercise or nutrition has a bigger positive impact on bone strength.

17 Oct 2018

Expanding the knowledge about hippocampus to better understand cognitive deficits in MS

A recent article by a team of international experts on multiple sclerosis (MS) underscores the importance of expanding the knowledge base about the hippocampus in order to better understand the genesis of cognitive deficits and develop new treatment strategies.

17 Oct 2018

Researchers find opportunity to control salt-sensitive hypertension without exercising

Couch potatoes rejoice -- there might be a way to get the blood pressure lowering benefits of exercise in pill form.

16 Oct 2018

New research identifies modifiable dementia risk factor in elderly people

For older adults, it may seem as though the die is already cast regarding their odds of developing dementia, but new research from the University of Pittsburgh has identified a dementia risk factor among older adults that should be modifiable even well into old age.

16 Oct 2018

Interactive robot helps older people exercise and detects underlying health problems

According to the latest report on the evolution of worldwide population submitted by the United Nations, 13% of today's population is over 60 years of age; and by 2050 this percentage will almost double, reaching 25%.

16 Oct 2018

Intensive care patients’ muscles less able to use fats for energy

The muscles of people in intensive care are less able to use fats for energy, contributing to an extensive loss of muscle mass, finds a new study co-led by King's College London, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and University College London.

16 Oct 2018

Nutritional quality of breakfast linked to cardiovascular and metabolic risk factors in children

Researchers at the Institute for Innovation and Sustainable Development in the Food Chain of the Public University of Navarre have published a piece of research in which they show that the nutritional quality of breakfast is associated with significant cardiovascular and metabolic risk factors in overweight children (even in those who are fit and who do exercise every day).

16 Oct 2018

Endurance exercise training beneficially alters gut microbiota composition

According to recent research, endurance exercise training beneficially modifies gut microbiota composition. After six weeks of training, potentially inflammation causing microbes (Proteobacteria) decreased and microbes that are linked to enhanced metabolism (Akkermansia) increased.

15 Oct 2018

Who knew? Life begins (again) at 65

I was convinced I would become an adult when I turned 21. But now, I'm certain that turning 65 was the watershed moment that finally grew me up.

15 Oct 2018

Increasing vigorous exercise reduces risk factors of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease in children

Physical exercise can reduce the risk factors of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease even in children, a new study from the University of Eastern Finland shows.

15 Oct 2018

Study explores how cognitive performance may improve during aerobic exercise

A new British Journal of Psychology study has looked at the details behind how cognitive performance may improve during aerobic exercise.

12 Oct 2018

Hidden drugs and danger lurk in over-the-counter supplements, study finds

Everyone has seen the ads or the products on the shelves. A dietary supplement that promises to make consumers skinny, without dieting or exercise. Or the one that will bulk them up and turn them into the envy of other weightlifters at the gym. Not to mention the one to make them perform better in the bedroom.

12 Oct 2018

Individuals who walk regularly have reduced risk of severe stroke

Physical activity not only reduces the risk of stroke. Individuals who walk at least 30 minutes a day also have a lower risk of severe stroke, according to a new study in Neurology.

12 Oct 2018