Evidence links cocaine abuse and Parkinson's disease
...ne's team previously published their findings that exercise confers protection on mice that otherwise would have developed PD following treatment with MPTP; and that the rise in the level of GDNF appeared to be key to that protection. The article appeared in the special October 2004 issue of Molecular Brain R...Toward the future of cancer prevention
... for cancers influenced by poor nutrition, lack of exercise and excess body weight, and other such factors, Le...research topics. These include social interaction, exercise and sleep patterns. Other clinical research projects in Behavioral Science focus on addressing sexua...Traditional risk-factor scoring misses one-third of women vulnerable to coronary heart disease
... not controlled with drug therapy along with diet, exercise and other lifestyle changes. Indeed, 12 percent of women in the study had advanced stages of atherosclerosis, while another 6 percent had severe calcium build-up. "We wanted to verify if the Framingham score truly captured who was most at risk, but ...Yoga is more effective than conventional exercise for back pain, Group Health study finds
...more effective for low back pain than conventional exercise or getting a self-care book about the condition, a...s involving the back than were the patients in the exercise or education groups. After 26 weeks, the patients in the yoga group had better back-related function...Annals of Internal Medicine tip sheet for Dec. 20, 2005
...effective in treating lower back pain than another exercise program or reading a book about low back pain (Art...followed for 26 weeks. Both the yoga group and the exercise group participated in 12 weekly, 75-minute classes. All patients could use drugs for back pain as ne...Adults with lazy eye can improve
...eption. Surprisingly, improvement in this abstract exercise generalized to a marked improvement in standard vision tests. The seven subjects improved their overall visual acuity 25 to 216 percent, with an average of 70 percent. Another 10 subjects in a slightly different training program showed an average imp...Visualization techniques can help smokers quit
...at least once per day with a 20-minute audio-taped exercise for reinforcement. The results showed that at 24-months after the intervention, smoking abstinence rates for the intervention group were 26 percent while abstinence rates were only 12 percent for the control group. This research suggests that incr...Poor fitness common in teens and adults, with associated rise in cardiovascular disease risk factors
... CVD. The participants underwent submaximal graded exercise treadmill testing to achieve at least 75 percent to 90 percent of their age-predicted maximum heart rate. Maximal oxygen consumption (Vo2max) was estimated by measuring the heart rate response to reference levels of submaximal work. The researchers f...Poor cardiovascular fitness raises heart disease risk in teens, adults
... 2002 with no cardiovascular disease who underwent exercise treadmill testing to achieve at least 75 to 90 percent of their age-predicted maximum heart rate. Results of the study showed that an estimated 7.5 million adolescents (34 percent) and 8.5 million adults (15 percent) have poor fitness. Prevalence of...Brain research wins $1 million
... environmental factors such as mental and physical exercise can delay the onset of some degenerative brain diseases such as Huntington's Disease (HD). "To be chosen for this Fellowship is a great honour as I was competing with Australia's top medical researchers," Dr Hannan said. "Attracting medical research...... environmental factors such as mental and physical exercise can delay the onset of some degenerative brain diseases such as Huntington's Disease (HD). This fatal disease is characterized by degeneration of the significant areas of the brain such as the cortex and striatum, producing motor, cognitive and psyc...Brain cell activity increases levels of key ingredient in Alzheimer's plaques
... earlier studies that suggested crossword puzzles, exercise and other mental stimulation can reduce the chance...o speculate that activities such as crosswords and exercise may increase activity in brain areas less likely to be damaged by Alzheimer's and cause a correspond...... rates, Americans are looking more and more for an exercise plan that will keep health risks at bay and that w...arch proves that only certain types and amounts of exercise are needed for good health, and they are just improvements on everyday activities. His book explains...Walking three times weekly slows decline from peripheral artery disease
...alking three times a week, even in an unsupervised exercise program, can significantly improve walking ability...l of Medicine, indicates that those who walked for exercise three or more times per week had a significantly smaller average annual decline in walking distance ...Annals of Internal Medicine tip sheet for Jan. 3, 2006
...with PAD are not able to participate in outpatient exercise programs because of cost or transportation problems. In this study, the walking sessions were unsupervised. Authors conclude that simple, unsupervised walking at home can reap many benefits for patients with PAD....Study: Exercise helps speed wound healing in older adults
...But a new study in older adults finds that regular exercise may speed up the wound-healing process by as much ... wound on the back of the upper arm. Adults in the exercise group started working out about a month before the wound procedure; this gave their bodies enough ti...Patient safety monitoring at Hopkins Hospital finds law of unintended consequences at work
...ases in the PICU during just such a patient safety exercise to implement best practices for insertion and care of catheters. According to statistics compiled quarterly by the hospital, bloodstream infections on the unit increased over the latter half of 2004. Infection rates increased from a low in the spr...Most behaviors preceding major causes of preventable death have begun by young adulthood
...women, the proportion reporting no weekly physical exercise was 5 percent during the adolescent years, but was 46 percent in early adulthood. Similarly, among white males, the proportion that was obese grew from 14 percent in the teen years to 19 percent when they became adults. The researchers added that th...Health seriously declines, disparities increase as youths become adults
... access to health insurance, healthy food options, exercise facilities and reduced exposure to substances of abuse." For most of the health indicators that worsened over time, racial and ethnic disparities also increased, although no one single ethnic group stood out as consistently disadvantaged. For example...Caloric restriction appears to prevent primary aging in the heart
...ute to premature death. A healthy diet and regular exercise can reduce risks from secondary aging. But this study suggests calorie restriction with optimal nutrition can do even more. Normal aging causes a decline in cardiac performance. Before it pumps blood to the rest of the body, the heart's left ventric...