Pushy parents can be bad for their children's health
Well intentioned, but pushy parents, intent on exercising their rights as healthcare consumers, can be bad for their children's health, suggests a small study in Archives of Disease in Childhood. Clinical researchers from the Institute of Child Health and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, a...Meditation may reduce heart disease risk
...tation and other positive lifestyle habits such as exercising and eating right have to become part of your life, like brushing your teeth." Long-term studies are needed to determine the long-term impact of meditation on the risk of heart disease, he says. Doctors already know that smoking, high blood pressu...Physical activity linked to protection from Parkinson's disease
...lap swimming, tennis, squash, racquetball, aerobic exercising and other activities. Additionally, participants were asked to report the number of flights of stairs they climbed per day ranging from two to 15. Alberto Ascherio, senior author and associate professor of nutrition and epidemiology at the Harvard S...New survey finds red dress symbol prompts women to take action to care for their hearts
...y lifestyle--such as maintaining a healthy weight, exercising regularly, and eating right--Americans can lower their risk by as much as 82 percent." Heart disease risk factors include those that are beyond women's control and those that can be changed. Those that cannot be changed are a family history of early...Exercise helps reduce symptoms of depression, UT Southwestern researchers find
...rticipated in moderately intense aerobics, such as exercising on a treadmill or stationary bicycle whether it was for three or five days per week experienced a decline in depressive symptoms by an average of 47 percent after 12 weeks. Those in the low-intensity exercise groups showed a 30 percent reduction in...Exercise combats metabolic syndrome in older adults
...und substantial improvements in the group that was exercising for six months. Aerobic fitness, as measured by p...ome, was reduced by 20 percent among people in the exercising group. The group that was not exercising had either no or significantly less improvement than the e...Veterans in better health than other residents of nursing homes, new test for evaluating tinnitus
...t on a Stairmaster. Breathing and heart rate while exercising were measured. Investigators conclude that physical activity can be predicted in older adults using accelerometers on legs. Physical activity monitors geared for older adults provide a tool to measure exercise participation, known to protect against ...McGill researchers identify new way to reduce cholesterol levels
...nical Nutrition. "Both consuming plant sterols and exercising have been shown to affect blood cholesterol levels on their own," said senior author McGill Professor of dietetics and nutrition, Peter Jones. "Our research is the first to look at the complementary combined effects of these therapies." Seventy-four ...Researchers show the BEST way to reduce osteoporosis risk
...vely increasing the weight lifted and consistently exercising two to three times a week are essential for success. The findings of the BEST study come at a time when bone health is in the forefront of many American's minds. The Surgeon General's report indicated the need for osteoporosis prevention. Richard H...Study: Physical activity in middle age cuts risk of early death
...e likely to be sedentary, perhaps out of fear that exercising could overtax them. "Other studies in smaller or less representative groups have shown the long-term benefits of exercise, even light exercise, but this study allowed us to look across different population groups, and different levels of cardiovascul...Breast cancer risk, prognosis and weight gain reduced with physical activity
...ting breast cancer survivors who are not currently exercising at the recommended levels into the Yale Exercise and Survivorship Study. The program is designed to examine the effect of exercise on factors related to breast cancer prognosis, such as hormone levels and body fat. Any woman living in Connecticut, di...Exercise for special populations, sensory research, factors impacting rehabilitation top issues
...Sedentary veterans scored significantly lower than exercising veterans and the national averages. This study emphasizes the positive associations between regular exercise and maintenance of physical functioning to maintain independent living. Exercise promotes physical & mental well-being...Lung function regulated by circadian rhythms
... to be at its best during this time. As a result, exercising or engaging in other physical activities in the late afternoon may help us to achieve optimal performance," said Dr. Medarov. Circadian rhythms of lung function may also have implications for the administration of asthma medications and the timing o...Summa study finds portion control induces greatest weight loss
...calories. The trick is to find a way of eating and exercising that works for you that you can maintain for a lifetime. Since we live in an obesogenic environment, you can not rely on the overeating and sedentary signals that the environment is constantly sending. You have to block these signals out (cognitive ...Prof: Local health campaigns not reaching adults with bad habits
...are not going to improve the way they eat or start exercising until Bart Simpson, Monday Night Football announcers or celebrities in People magazine tell them to, says a Purdue University expert in health communication. "Often our health campaigns try to reach the growing number of unhealthy Americans with publ...Iron supplements help only certain non-anemic women
...ron deficient must work harder than necessary when exercising or working physically, and they can't reap the benefits of endurance training very easily," says Jere Haas, the Meinig Professor of Maternal and Child Nutrition at Cornell and a co-author of the study. "As a result, exercise is more difficult so thes...Pool-bound plyometrics help you get stronger with less pain
...pect similar effects. "Impact is not a factor when exercising in water. The strain placed upon working muscles, bones and connective tissue in water doesn't typically lead to injury," he continued. Skeletal muscle fibers become longer and produce more force during plyometric training. Therein lies the cause of ...Heart disease kills more women annually than all cancers combined
...healthy lifestyle--watching their weight and diet, exercising and most importantly not smoking, Dr. Keller advised. She added that being proactive with the primary care physician is a must. "Even if you are having no problems, ask your doctor once a year--what is my blood pressure? My cholesterol (the good and ...Ads with 'supersized' actors leave men depressed, unhappy with their muscles, UCF study shows
...s are actors in many commercials for deodorant and exercising equipment. "The level of muscularity and attractiv...often unhealthy actions, such as eating disorders, exercising too much and steroid abuse." Nearly 160 UCF students, whose average age was 21, were divided into tw...'Use it or lose it' warning rings true when it comes to exercise
... exercise intervention. But the people who stopped exercising after this period lost their gains in nearly every...ple who continued to work out to those who stopped exercising regularly. Of the 28 participants, 11 (39 percent) had continued with their prescribed exe...