Endurance exercise found to be equally effective as diuretics in improving cardiac health
...ce cardiovascular risks in hypertension. Endurance exercise training, which can include sustained walking, jog...ing blood pressure. Recent studies have shown that exercise training may also reduce left ventricular (LV) concentric remodeling and LVH. Since endurance exerci...In the obese, metabolic adaptations post-weight loss lead to regaining of shed pounds
... to their original weight despite modifications in exercise and eating habits. Now a new animal study reveals...ncreased intake of carbohydrates, regular physical exercise may be the key factor that counteracts these metabolic adaptations to weight loss....Study: Artificial sweetener may disrupt body's ability to count calories
...ntion to calories consumed and engaging in regular exercise to battle the bulge. The Purdue's researchers' study, "A Pavlovian Approach to the Problem of Obesity," appears in the July issue of International Journal of Obesity. Davidson and Swithers, members of the Ingestive Behavior Research Center at Purdue,...'Rolling Store' provides model for overcoming barriers to healthy foods and better health outcomes
...study were given information on healthy eating and exercise weekly, plus incentives, by a peer health educator recruited from the community and trained at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center. Half the women were allowed to shop, cost free, at the rolling store. This store was actually a 16-foot pick-up ...Deciphering the limits to human maximal exercise performance
...centuries what is the main factor limiting maximal exercise capacity in humans. During the past century evidence has accumulated suggesting that maximal exercise capacity in humans is limited by the maximal amount of O2 that can be delivered to the active muscle...Study links diabetes and colorectal cancer
...ctors. For example, a high-fiber diet and regular exercise may protect against both diseases." Previous research was prompted by scientific interest in the relationship between two, seemingly disparate conditions. Researchers had noted the prevalence of overweight and obesity in the U.S. and much of the Wes...Researchers establish first molecular link between eating and aging
...d. "But you never know." He suspects that vigorous exercise also will be required. The next step in the process, he added, is to determine if an increase in Sirt1 in the body leads to a higher rate of metabolism. This research was funded by the National Institutes of Health....Clemson University researcher reaches for the stars to prevent osteoporosis
...n process breaks down. Gravity and weight-bearing exercise affects bone usage, which alters bone removal and replacement rates. "When astronauts are in microgravity, they lose bone mass at a rate of .5 to 2 percent per month, approximately five times the rate a post-menopausal woman will lose bone," Batem...Birds use herbs to protect their nests
...hida. "By practicing medical botany, parent birds exercise effective home nest security and protect their offspring from select biodegrading microbes that affect the health of their young."...Fat fighting undermined by over active eating pacemaker
... hard they were really trying to stick to diet and exercise regimes. This research shows that there may indeed be very good reasons why they seem unable to solve their weight problems simply by employing the usual methods, - eating less may be a more difficult and complicated problem than we currently antici...Regeneration of injured muscle from adult stem cells
... has a remarkable capacity to regenerate following exercise or injury and harbors two different types of adult stem cells to accomplish the job: satellite cells and adult stem cells that can be isolated as side population (SP) cells. A certain group of these stem cells is involved in muscle tissue repair, bu...Newly discovered gene controls levels of 'bad' cholesterol in mice
...should be lowered. A lot can be done with diet and exercise but many people also need drugs." The American Heart Association recommends that people maintain their total cholesterol level below 200 mg/dL, their LDL cholesterol below 130 mg/dL and their HDL cholesterol above 40 mg/dL. Currently, about 105 milli...New studies show Curves Program raises metabolic rate in overweight and sedentary women
...er has conducted numerous studies on nutrition and exercise and has published two books, more than 300 research articles/abstracts in scientific journals, and more than 150 articles for health and fitness magazines. Dr. Kreider is a Fellow of the American College of Sport Medicine (ACSM) and is an active memb...Longer-term, moderate exercise improves immune activity
...er men and women who performed moderate resistance exercise at home 30 minutes a day, three times a week, for ...at Acadia University in Nova Scotia. The sustained exercise may be the key, say the researchers, since earlier studies using shorter periods of up to three mont...Is a single bout of exercise helpful or harmful in getting a good night's sleep?
... loss experts advocate a sensible diet and regular exercise to shed unwanted pounds. Americans are accepting t...of many diets and both sexes are now engaged in an exercise regimen. As evidence of the latter, marketing experts claim that membership growth in health and fit...Exercise reduces blood estrogens, risk for breast cancer in post menopausal women
Three hours of moderate exercise per week significantly reduced circulating estroge...er Research. The finding may explain why women who exercise regularly lower their risk for breast cancer. "Exercise is an effective way for postmenopausal wome...Jefferson scientists use gene therapy to restore function of damaged heart cells in lab
...iling heart then has little capacity to respond to exercise or stress because there are fewer receptors and the remaining receptors are more or less turned off. "We have thought that inhibiting ARK activity could increase signaling and increase function," he explains.In the laboratory dish, the researcher...'Telling people what they want to believe'
...e Centers for Disease Control, obesity and lack of exercise cause more deaths in the United States than any preventable cause except smoking. Many people who want to shed pounds either lose their determination because there are no quick fixes or reach weight-loss plateaus and give up in frustration. ...K-State uses geographic tools to track plant pathogens
...ion. He sees the aphid invasion as a training exercise for scientists to prepare for an agroterrorist strike that pits a foreign insect pest against U.S. crops. "There are interesting commonalities between how insects spread and how pathogens spread," he said. "In fact, insects, including this aphid...'Meeting of the minds' leads new era in fight against cancer
...ighlights include: Press Conferences: Moderate exercise such as walking promotes breast cancer survival, reduces endometrial cancer risk; vitamin E lowers risk of prostate, bladder cancers; tobacco-induced genetic changes may be targets for intervention, prevention; new diagnostic tools from proteomics to...