Month: August 2009
Exercise helps battle leukemia fatigue (redOrbit)
Exercise may combat the debilitating fatigue that patients with leukemia experience, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers said. A team of researchers from the Department of Exercise and Sport Science and University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center showed that physical activity can significantly improve symptoms of fatigue and depression, increase …
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Laurel Park Medical Centre offers exercise class for older adults (Asheville Citizen-Times)
HENDERSONVILLE — Laurel Park Medical Centre is offering an “Introduction to Exercise” class 12:30–2 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays for three weeks in the Physical Department at the medical center.
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Injuries during physical education classes increased 150 percent over last decade (KENS 5 San Antonio)
Injuries to American children during physical education classes increased by 150 percent from 1997-2007, a new study finds, a possible drawback to a movement encouraging more vigorous exercise in schools.
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Exercise At Least 30 Minutes to Reduce Risk of Cancer Death (HealthandAge)
Researchers from the University of Finland and their colleagues studied 2650 men, aged 42 to 60 years, who were cancer-free at baseline and assessed their levels of exercise and physical activity over a period of 12 months.
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Study: Jump in school physical education injuries (WRGB Albany)
CHICAGO (AP) — A movement encouraging more vigorous exercise in schools could be tempered by a new study that says injuries to American children during physical education classes have jumped.
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Study finds rise in student injuries in gym class (AP via Yahoo! News)
Injuries to American children during physical education classes increased by 150 percent from 1997-2007, a new study finds, a possible drawback to a movement encouraging more vigorous exercise in schools.
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