Year: 2010
GW’s Department of Exercise Science Launches MPH and Graduate Certificate in Physical Activity in Public Health (Newswise)
The Department of Exercise Science in The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services (SPHHS) announces the launch of a new program in Physical Activity in Public Health. The program, which will begin this fall, offers both a Master of Public Health and a Graduate Certificate and will train graduate students to integrate physical activity into the core of public …
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Brain images suggest Alzheimer’s drug is working
Study Finds Stents Effective in Preventing Strokes
Stroke study puts 2 procedures on equal footing
Landmark Survey Reveals Respiratory Symptoms During Exercise Contribute to Poor Quality of Life in the U.S. (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
For the vast majority of the general public, respiratory symptoms such as shortness of breath, wheezing or coughing are a common part of the exercise experience. However, together with chest tightness, noisy breathing and trouble taking a deep breath, these six symptoms make up the phenomenon known as exercise-induced bronchospasm , which has physical, emotional and psychological consequences if …
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Facts and figures on Obama’s physical (AP via Yahoo! News)
Facts and figures about President Barack Obama’s health, from a physical examination Sunday at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md. Figures are compared with information from a January 2007 physical exam, which were released in May 2008 when Obama, then an Illinois senator, was running for president in 2008. Obama is 48; he was born Aug. 4, 1961.
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Obama Meets With Military Doctors for His Annual Physical (BusinessWeek)
President Barack Obama met this morning with doctors at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, for his annual physical.
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Regular exercise reduces patient anxiety by 20 percent, study finds (Science Daily)
The anxiety that often accompanies a chronic illness can chip away at quality of life and make patients less likely to follow their treatment plan. But regular exercise can significantly reduce symptoms of anxiety, a new study shows.
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Acupuncture Benefit Seen in Pregnancy
Senator considers physical education bill (The Florence Times-Daily)
By M.J. Ellington, Montgomery Bureau The Senate president pro tem removed amendments in a House bill requiring physical education for all students in grades K-8. The amendments included waivers that exempted students in marching band and Junior ROTC because both contain physical exercise.
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Pole Dancing for Exercise (KPSP Local 2)
Teri Conley never imagined herself dancing on a pole, but now it is hard to pull her off. “This just makes you feel sensual, feminine, a side of myself I think I had lost for a long time,” Conley said referring to her pole dancing. Teri says not to get the wrong idea, by day she is a registered nurse, but by night she joins fellow dancers to take to the poles dancing for exercise both physical …
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