Month: June 2010

( University of Alberta – Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation ) Exercise showed a positive impact on mice, genetically altered to present familial ALS, slowing the disease significantly and converting fast twitch muscle, shown to be more vulnerable to degeneration in ALS patients, to slow twitch muscle. Professor Kelvin Jones at the University of Alberta has won an ALS Canada Discovery …

BALTIMORE, June 4 (UPI) — Twenty minutes of brisk physical exercise daily could improve your grade point average, U.S. researchers said.

People visit physicians to get or stay healthy, but should questions about physical activity be a part of these visits, too – every time? The American College of Sports Medicine and its Exercise is Medicine program think so. So does Indiana University physical activity expert NiCole Keith. “Doctors ask their patients about cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption and dietary habits, because those …

How to help your children get the recommended hour of daily physical activity.

WASHINGTON (AP) More states are requiring physical education for elementary, middle and high school students, though few require kids to exercise for a specific amount of time.