Year: 2009

Officials at the new Muhammad Ali Parkinson Center at Barrow Neurological Institute announced today the center’s participation in a novel Parkinson’s study aimed at determining the physical and neurological impact of simple exercise on Parkinson’s patients.
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While there are many changes the country is facing with the new health care reform legislation, one change that absolutely must come is an increase in physical activity and exercise.
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VERO BEACH — Chris Harrigan’s job as a physical education teacher at the J.A. Thompson Magnet school in Vero Beach is to engage students in physical activities and teach them the importance of exercise and staying active.
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Physical activity has an anti-aging effect at the cellular level, suggesting exercise could prevent aging of the cardiovascular system. Two groups of trained professional athletes were compared with those who were not trained athletes. The blood cells of the individuals with long-term exercise training exhibited molecular indicators of reduced aging.
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Exercise is known to have a bounty of health benefits that can ward off age-related diseases, but a new study shows that regular physical activity has an anti-aging effect at the cellular level.
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MONDAY, Nov. 30 (HealthDay News) — Studies have shown that exercise can help ward off heart disease and cancer, and now new research shows that the reason why may be found within cells themselves.
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Physical activity has an anti-aging effect at the cellular level, suggesting exercise could prevent aging of the cardiovascular system. Two groups of trained professional athletes were compared with those who were not trained athletes. The blood cells of the individuals with long-term exercise training exhibited molecular indicators of reduced aging.
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If you think that starting an exercise program during the holiday season is crazy, think again. There are some simple ways to use holiday activities to increase your physical activity and get everything done.
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For many people the arrival of winter weather is often associated with an immediate reduction in their levels of physical activity.
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Patients who have undergone a single-level lumbar microdiskectomy for lumbar disk herniation experienced significant improvement in physical function following an intensive, progressive physical therapist guided exercise and education program, according to a research report published in the November
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Patients who have undergone a single-level lumbar microdiskectomy for lumbar disk herniation experienced significant improvement in physical function following an intensive, progressive physical therapist guided exercise and education program, according to a research report published in the November issue of Physical Therapy (PTJ), the scientific journal of the American Physical Therapy …
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