Climb stairs for great exercise (The Standard-Times)
DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I am 72 years old. I walk up and down 15 flights of stairs, each flight having 17 steps. I do this once a day. Is that enough exercise for me?
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Year: 2009
Study: Intense Exercise Gets New Knees Moving (CBS4 Miami)
Nearly half-a-million total knee replacements are done in the United States each year. Doctors are performing the surgery on patients who are younger and younger. Now, a study shows intense physical therapy is key to recovering from getting a new knee.
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Intense Exercise Gets New Knees Moving (CBS4 Denver)
Nearly half-a-million total knee replacements are done in the United States each year. Doctors are doing the surgery on patients who are younger and younger. Now a study shows intense physical therapy is key to recovering from getting a new knee.
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Physical Fitness Cuts Heart, Death Risk (MedicineNet.com)
Title: Physical Fitness Cuts Heart, Death Risk Category: Health News Created: 5/21/2009 Last Editorial Review: 5/21/2009
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FitnessTips101.com Helps Busy Professionals Get Fit During International Physical Fitness and Sports Month (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
This May, FitnessTips101.com, founded by Scott Gray, is encouraging busy professionals to make time for fitness during International Physical Fitness and Sports Month.
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Teachers honor Holbrook physical therapist Snow (Holbrook Sun)
When physical therapist Stephen Snow graduated from college in 1974, he never would have guessed that he would end up spending so many years as a pediatric physical therapist for a school system.
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Exercise boosts students attention, new study finds (The Beacon News)
A study from the University of Illinois proved what Shari Horvat of Channahon suspected all along: physical activity may increase a child’s ability to pay attention in school.
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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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