Year: 2009

Physical exercise is one of the most effective methods of preventing disease. The current issue of Deutsches Arzteblatt International (Dtsch Arztebl Int 2009; 106[40]: 713 – 27) is devoted to this important topic. The first article, by Carl D. Reimers and coauthors, deals with the remarkable potential of physical exercise to prevent stroke.
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Lucy the elephant will be getting more exercise and taking up a physical rehabilitation program as part of a new treatment plan announced Friday by the Edmonton Valley Zoo.
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Physical exercise is one of the most effective methods of preventing disease.
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( Deutsches Aerzteblatt International ) Physical exercise is one of the most effective methods of preventing disease. The current issue of Deutsches Arzteblatt International is devoted to this important topic.
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Based on evidence people work harder with a partner than when working alone, a team of Michigan State University researchers are pairing college-age students with a virtual workout partner to study the impact on exercise trends.
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Clay Sniteman (left) helps WSU basketball player Marlon Carter (right) with his elbow. Weber State University is the only school in the Big Sky Conference with a full time physical therapist. This has already led to one physical phenomenon.
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Exercise has important health benefits for everyone, regardless of age and physical condition. But for people with arthritis, working out regularly — and within their limits — is critical.
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CINCINNATI — A new study says children may not get enough outdoor exercise because of the way they’re dressed when they go to school. Cincinnati Children’s Hospital studied 34 local child care centers and found that clothing was a barrier to physical activity.
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Most American teenagers are not as active as they should be but a lack of exercise does not seem to be to blame for the rising rates of teen obesity, according to a U.S. study.
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Most U.S. teenagers are not as active as they should be, but a lack of exercise does not seem to account for rising rates of teen obesity, a new study finds.
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