Year: 2010

Children and teens need less daily exercise than previously thought, a new study says. Previous guidelines recommended children five to 17 get at least 90 minutes of daily physical activity.[…]
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Washington, May 12 : A new research suggests that regular exercise can play a significant role in boosting the physical and mental well-being of people with schizophrenia.
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Patients who are critically ill and participate in mild exercise programs led by physical therapists achieve higher functional mobility and spend fewer days in intensive care units and hospitals than those who receive less exercise, according to a report published in the April issue of the Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
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Patients who are critically ill and participate in mild exercise programs led by physical therapists achieve higher functional mobility and spend fewer days in intensive care units (ICU) and hospitals than those who receive less exercise, according to a report published in the April issue of the Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation…
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Washington, May 11 : Patients, who are critically ill and participate in mild physical therapist-led exercise programs, get higher functional mobility and spend fewer days in intensive care units (ICU) and hospitals than those who receive less exercise, says a new study.
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Patients who are critically ill and participate in mild exercise programs led by physical therapists achieve higher functional mobility and spend fewer days in intensive care units (ICU) and hospitals than those who receive less exercise, according to a report published in the April issue of the Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
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More than twelve hundred Miami-Dade students received the President’s Active Lifestyle Award on Monday in a special ceremony at Felix Varela Senior High School in southwest Miami.  The award recognizes students with physical disabilities who have completed the U.S. Health Dept.’s “I Can Do it, You Can Do It” program.
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More police and fire recruits failing physical fitness tests
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Jeremiah Wilson | Jackson Citizen PatriotThird-grader Deyette Patton, 9, of Jackson sits at her desk on an exercise ball during class at Cascades Elementary School. Patton said that the ball is better than a chair because it helps her write…
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( International Osteoporosis Foundation ) Researchers from Southhampton and Cambridge Universities in the UK have presented evidence that vigorous physical activity in young children results in stronger hip bones.
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AUGUSTA New England Rehabilitation Hospital of Portland received a Maine Fitness Award for a Healthy Workplace in the medium business category at the 2010 Maine Fitness Awards ceremony of the Governor’s Council on Physical Activity.
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