CU studies suggest exercise protects body against negative effects of stress from brain to cell
...g rats have less neural activity in this area than sedentary rats," she said. The results of the CU-Boulder st...repinephrine -- an adrenaline-like hormone -- than sedentary rats when both groups were under stress. Smith likened the effects of norepinephrine to the alarm a...Eating proper foods at right time after exercise can speed recovery
...tests, rats were divided into five groups based on sedentary or exercisedactivity levels and combinations of food(leucine or carbohydrates or both). Researchers then studied muscle recoveryafter some of the rats ran on a treadmill. Theexercised rats fed leucine and carbohydrates (a sugar and water combination)...Researchers Discover A Common Protein's Deadly Role In Breast Cancer
...ifestyle components," he says. "We knowthat both a sedentary lifestyle and obesity cause levels of insulin to r...velop breast cancerare at greater risk if they are sedentary or obese because they may have moreinsulin available to activate fetal insulin receptors. "We're not......he typical riskfactors for the disease -- obesity, sedentary lifestyle, high cholesterol -- hehad experienced several heart attacks in his late 40s that culminated in asubsequent bypass surgery. "Even though my father had coronary artery disease, I didn't view myself in linewith his condition, because we had d...In The Genes: Extra Belly Fat, Insulin Resistance Linked
...e Divisionof Biostatistics evaluated data from 512 sedentary family members. They foundthat people who have genes making them prone to accumulate a certain type ofbelly fat also are prone to develop resistance to the hormone insulin, whichsets the stage for type II diabetes. "We tried to find out if there's a ...Research Finds That Watching TV Helps Kids Put On Pounds
...ore physical activityamong children while reducing sedentary past times. NHANES III is a survey conducted by the CDC: National Center for HealthStatistics and was designed to produce a nationally representative sample of theUS population. Over 4,000 children, ages 8-16, took part in the survey, whichco...CHICAGO -- Tyrannosaurus rex may have had a sedentary cousin that might better have been called Ty-sit-osaurus. That's the finding of Purdue University researcher Richard Hengst, who studies the physiology of dinosaurs to determine the efficiency of their breathing systems. Hengst, a biologist at Purdue...