Exercise News and Research

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Holiday healthy eating reminders from Greenwich Hospital

As holiday crunch time fills your schedule, don't give up your exercise. "When times get crazy, the thing people give up is exercise, and that's the key thing a person needs. When a person is excitable from stress, the burst of energy that you get from exercise can help burn the adrenaline off and calm you down," said Erica Christ, RD, CDE, an exercise physiologist at Greenwich Hospital's Weight Loss & Diabetes Center.

22 Nov 2012

Cynosure closes underwritten registered public offering of class A common stock

Cynosure, Inc., a leader in laser- and light-based treatments for minimally invasive and non-invasive aesthetic applications, today announced the closing of its previously announced underwritten registered public offering of class A common stock.

21 Nov 2012

Exercise relieves cancer fatigue

A review of studies spanning 45 years shows that exercise, particularly aerobic rather than strength- or flexibility-based training, improves fatigue in cancer patients.

21 Nov 2012

Symptomatic voice therapy enhances vocal exercise response in transgender patients

Vocal function exercises do not significantly improve the voice feminization of male-to-female transgender patients, but researchers say that symptomatic voice therapy and the experience of full-time living as a woman may help.

21 Nov 2012

Simple, accurate testing protocol to determine driving fitness in individuals with MS

A simple, accurate testing protocol to determine driving fitness in individuals with multiple sclerosis is the aim of a three-year study at Georgia Health Sciences University.

21 Nov 2012

Only 3% of patients actually receive stress management counseling: Study

While stress may be a factor in 60 to 80 percent of all visits to primary care physicians, only three percent of patients actually receive stress management counseling, say researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.

21 Nov 2012

Spaniels' neuropathic pain condition stays static without surgery

Cavalier King Charles with neuropathic pain induced by a condition characterized by a brain–skull size mismatch do not show significant improvement after nonsurgical treatment for the condition, indicate UK study results.

20 Nov 2012

Developmental key to overactive sympathetic system

Being small for gestational age may be accompanied by an exaggerated sympathetic response to physical exercise, an animal study suggests.

20 Nov 2012

Patheon to launch $30 million transferable rights offering

Patheon Inc., a leading provider of contract development and manufacturing services to the global pharmaceutical industry, today announced that it will launch a U.S. $30 million transferable rights offering.

19 Nov 2012

Exercise counters negative bone effects of sedentariness in girls

Participation in weight-bearing exercise such as running or football significantly counteracts the effects of sedentary behaviors in adolescent girls, say researchers.

19 Nov 2012

New bulimia nervosa therapy for patients with eating disorders

An eating disorders research team led by Stephen Wonderlich, a Director of Clinical Research at the Neuropsychiatric Research Institute (NRI), has developed a successful bulimia nervosa therapy that can provide patients an alternative for treating this debilitating disorder.

18 Nov 2012

People with diabetes need a plan to stay healthy during holiday season: Harris Health System

A figurative mine field of savory dishes and desserts await many this holiday season, from pumpkin pies topped with whipped cream, green bean and mushroom casseroles, pork tamales, cranberries and cornbread dressing to fruit salads and oven-roasted turkey.

17 Nov 2012

Study: Regular exercise before, during pregnancy could have beneficial effects for women

Contrary to popular thought, regular exercise before and during pregnancy could have beneficial effects for women that develop high blood pressure during gestation, human physiology professor Jeff Gilbert said, summarizing a new study by his research team that appears in the December issue of Hypertension, a journal of the American Heart Association.

16 Nov 2012

Combined exercise approach may help Parkinson’s patients

A mixture of gait training and strengthening exercises may be beneficial for patients with Parkinson’s disease, suggest findings from a randomized trial.

16 Nov 2012

Physical performance capabilities across the lifespan

Physical performance capabilities, which decline across the lifespan, are strongly associated with daily levels of physical activity. The decrease in physical activity across the lifespan has consequences for health and well-being.

16 Nov 2012

Cook receives FDA approval for Zilver PTX Drug-Eluting Peripheral Stent to treat PAD

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the Zilver PTX Drug-Eluting Peripheral Stent (Zilver PTX Stent), the first drug-eluting stent indicated to re-open a particular artery in the thigh (femoropopliteal artery) when narrowed or blocked as a result of peripheral artery disease (PAD).

15 Nov 2012

Omron launches continuous Strapless Heart Rate Monitor

Today Omron Healthcare, Inc., a leader in personal wellness products, launched its first-ever, continuous Strapless Heart Rate Monitor (HR-500U). Exercise enthusiasts can now take their workout to the next level comfortably without an annoying chest strap. Easy to use, the monitor is worn on the wrist and provides accurate, continuous monitoring.

15 Nov 2012

Simple ways to reduce risk of lung cancer

More than an estimated 160,000 people in the United States will die from lung cancer this year, making it the country's leading cause of cancer death. According to the National Cancer Institute, it surpassed breast cancer as the number one killer in women back in 1987. It causes more deaths than colon, breast and prostate cancer combined, according to the American Lung Association. Bruce Johnson, MD, the director of the Lowe Center for Thoracic Oncology at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, sorts out the facts about lung cancer and offers simple ways to reduce risk.

15 Nov 2012

EU approves Forxiga for treatment of type 2 diabetes

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company and AstraZeneca today announced that the European Commission has approved Forxiga (dapagliflozin) tablets for the treatment of type 2 diabetes in the European Union. Forxiga is a selective and reversible inhibitor of sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) that works independently of insulin to help remove excess glucose from the body, a unique mode of action not seen in any other currently available treatments for type 2 diabetes.

15 Nov 2012

Cancer-related fatigue can be helped by aerobic exercise

Aerobic exercise can help relieve the fatigue often associated with cancer and cancer treatment, according to Cochrane researchers. Their updated systematic review strengthens findings from an earlier version on cancer-related fatigue published in The Cochrane Library.

14 Nov 2012