Month: May 2009
Diet vs. exercise obesity debate continues (Food Navigator USA)
The market research organization’s findings come shortly after a study presented at the European Congress on Obesity suggested that increased calorie intake, rather than lack of exercise, was nearly exclusively to blame for the US obesity epidemic.
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VIDEO from Medialink and CIGNA: Exercise Your Way to Physical and Financial Health (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Faced with a roller-coaster stock market and what seems like an unending stream of layoff announcements, most Americans say they’re worried about the economy. No big surprise there, but is the uncertain economy affecting the way Americans take care of their health?
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First ever local National seminar on Sports and Exercise Medicine (Malta Star)
“Both sports and medicine are pillars of physical fitness. In so many ways they are an investment in the well-being of society” – Dr Kirill Micallef Stafrace, President of the Association of Sports and Exercise Medicine (MASEM) said during the first ever national seminar.
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AstraZeneca Says Brilinta Beats Plavix in Clinical Trial
Virtual Colonoscopies
Home-based Diet And Exercise Intervention Can Improve Physical Function In Older Cancer Survivors (Medical News Today)
A home-based program aimed at improving exercise and diet can lead to meaningful improvements in physical function among older long-term cancer survivors, according to the results of a study led by researchers from Duke University Medical Center and The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center.
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Home-based Diet and Exercise Intervention Can Improve Physical Function in Older Cancer Survivors (Newswise)
A home-based program aimed at improving exercise and diet can lead to meaningful improvements in physical function among older long-term cancer survivors, according to the results of a study led by researchers from Duke University Medical Center and The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center.
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Home-based diet and exercise intervention can improve physical function in older cancer survivors (EurekAlert!)
( University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center ) A home-based program aimed at improving exercise and diet can lead to meaningful improvements in physical function among older long-term cancer survivors, according to the results of a study led by researchers from Duke University Medical Center and the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center.
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Folic acid might be losing its sheen
(4 stars)Cancer Test
Sporadic Play Activity As Beneficial To Child Health As Continuous Bouts Of Exercise, Study Suggests (Medical News Today)
New research suggests for the first time that frequent bouts of sporadic activity could be just as beneficial to children’s health as longer exercise sessions. A team from the University of Exeter measured the frequency, intensity and duration of bouts of physical activity in a group of children and analysed the results against a number of health indicators.
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