Month: July 2010

For women, a new study suggests, physical activity during the teenage years may provide the greatest benefit.

While Wii fitness games are better for kids than doing no exercise at all, theres still no substitute for the real thing. Naples physical therapist Bruce Meert says some of the more physical Wii games could indeed benefit otherwise sedentary youngsters. Key elements are fitness and balance.

Want to exercise your mind and your body simultaneously? There’s an app for that. Louisville, Ky.-based Humana Inc. is launching the first of several iPhone applications that are designed to promote cognitive health and physical activity.

The University of Essex in the United Kingdom has been conducting a study on the health benefits of green exercise for more than five years and, not surprisingly, has determined that exercising outdoors improves a person’s mental and physical health.

Joyce Harrell, 70, started F.A.C.E. Fun Adult Christian Exercise, an exercise program at Fairland United Methodist Church four years ago using jugs of water and bags of beans for weights.

PORT CLINTON — Magruder Hospital has scheduled an educational luncheon on exercise and movement at noon July 19. Matt Brickner, physical therapy assistant at Magruder, will present the program. Brickner also has a degree in exercise physiology.

Title: Exercise May Guard Girls Against Dementia in Senior Years Category: Health News Created: 6/30/2010 12:10:00 PM Last Editorial Review: 7/1/2010

A panel of US experts, including specialists in cancer, exercise training, fitness and obesity are urging cancer patients and survivors to avoid inactivity, even while undergoing treatment, as more and more research shows that continuing to exercise has a significant impact on their physical functioning and quality of life. This is the message embodied in a new set of guidelines from a panel of …