Month: April 2009

Don’t expect the Flames to back off the physical play that worked so well in Calgary just because the deadlocked series returns to the United Center for Game 5 tonight.
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Most school days, dozens of children can be seen walking around the dirt track at Starkey Elementary School. The youngsters, kindergarten through fifth grade, are not mandated to walk laps as a part of a physical education class or because of discipline problems.
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College-age women that smoke report they keep up the habit largely to avoid gaining weight. But a new study shows that a smoking cessation program coupled with body image counseling is more effective than one with an exercise plan in terms of both curbing weight gain and higher rates of smoking cessation.
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Most children in Britain are not doing enough exercise to keep themselves healthy and prevent obesity, a major Government survey has confirmed.
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The first study to monitor physical activity in breast cancer patients for five years suggests that patients with greater depressive symptoms and a lower emotional quality of life are less likely to exercise as part of their recovery than are patients reporting less distress.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 22 (UPI) — Although exercise has been shown to help breast cancer patients, many women’s exercise activity wanes, U.S. researchers said.
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The first study to monitor physical activity in breast cancer patients for five years suggests that patients with greater depressive symptoms and a lower emotional quality of life are less likely to exercise as part of their recovery than are patients reporting less distress.
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The first study to monitor physical activity in breast cancer patients for five years suggests that patients with greater depressive symptoms and a lower emotional quality of life are less likely to exercise as part of their recovery than are patients reporting less distress.
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( Ohio State University ) The first study to monitor physical activity in breast cancer patients for five years suggests that patients with greater depressive symptoms and a lower emotional quality of life are less likely to exercise as part of their recovery than are patients reporting less distress. While the findings may seem intuitive, they also add weight to a growing pool of data …
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( Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology ) Regular exercise can prevent the disruption of the blood brain barrier that normally occurs with a dose of methamphetamine comparable to that used by heavy meth users. A University of Kentucky study is the first to look at the protective effects of exercise on the vascular effects of methamphetamine.
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At the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology in Orlando, researchers presented data that showed that exercise may play a significant role in the fight against cancer.
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