Year: 2009

A man who pleaded guilty to performing physical therapy on injured workers without a license will spend more than three years in prison. Michael Stinson was the owner of Reconditioning & Exercise Physiology Specialists in Loveland.
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An ambitious new study has added considerable weight to the claim that exercise can lower the risk of colon cancer.
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Exercise appears to improve quality of life in postmenopausal women regardless of whether they lose weight, according to a new report.
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State and local policies, if accompanied by adequate funding, can help build healthy schools and communities that offer sidewalks, open space and ample opportunity for physical activity, according to research published recently in a special issue of the Journal of Public Health Policy.
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Nova Scotia students hold centre court in a new physical education textbook being distributed to high schools across the province. Active Healthy Living: Physical Education in Nova Scotia is the province’s first resource developed to directly support physical education, which was made mandatory in high schools this year. The 250-page hardcover book for Grade 10 students addresses a range of …
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Research reveals for the first time, that changes in brain activity, triggered by physical exercise, may help reduce cigarette cravings. The study shows how exercise changes the way the brain processes information among smokers, thereby reducing their cravings for nicotine. For the first time, researchers used functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging to investigate how the brain processes images of …
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An ambitious new study has added considerable weight to the claim that exercise can lower the risk for colon cancer.
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Cedar Crest Middle School students are getting plenty of exercise in gym class thanks to new equipment that makes a class look more like training in a commercial fitness center.
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