Year: 2009

Massage after exercise, despite conventional wisdom, does not improve circulation to the muscles or removal of lactic acid, researchers in Canada said. This dispels a common belief in the general public about the way in which massage is beneficial, Michael Tschakovsky, a professor at Queen’s University in Kingston, said in a statement. It also dispels that belief among people in the physical …
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Washington, May 10 : Over-eating, not decreased levels of physical activity, is to be blamed of the rise of obesity in the US, claims a new study.
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KINGSTON, Ontario, May 11 (UPI) — Massage after exercise, despite conventional wisdom, does not improve circulation to the muscles or removal of lactic acid, researchers in Canada said.
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A widespread knowledge of exercise’s importance around the world may be contributing to a desire to workout among college students.
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School children as young as 11 can benefit from a daily exercise program in reducing their levels of several known risk factors for cardiovascular disease. An ongoing study, which began four years ago in the German city of Leipzig, shows already that children assigned to daily exercise lessons reduced their overall prevalence of obesity, improved their exercise capacity, increased their levels …
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In new studies, exercise is shown to improve markers of heart disease in patients following coronary artery bypass surgery, to improve event-free survival rate in coronary patients better than stent angioplasty, and to improve markers of disease in heart failure patients, a group usually thought amenable to little more than palliative care.
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Over-eating, not a lack of exercise, is to blame for the American obesity epidemic, a new study claimed Friday, warning that physical activity could not fully compensate for excess calories.
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( European Society of Cardiology ) School children as young as 11 can benefit from a daily exercise program in reducing their levels of several known risk factors for cardiovascular disease. An ongoing study, which began four years ago in the German city of Leipzig, shows already that children assigned to daily exercise lessons reduced their overall prevalence of obesity, improved their exercise …
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( European Society of Cardiology ) In new studies presented at the congress exercise is shown to improve markers of heart disease in patients following coronary artery bypass surgery, to improve event-free survival rate in coronary patients better than stent angioplasty, and to improve markers of disease in heart failure patients, a group usually thought amenable to little more than palliative …
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By now everyone knows they should do 30 minutes or more of moderate to vigorous exercise a day to stay in good health. But are people who exercise as much as an hour or more moving enough throughout the day?
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Extra physical education lessons at school make no difference to children’s overall activity levels claims a study that suggests diet is the best way of controlling childhood obesity.
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