Month: October 2012

Researchers say that satisfaction with life greatly improves in people who extend exercise routines on days when they feel low.
Medical Daily : Top News

It's said that laughter is the best medicine. A new study published in the Proceedings of the Royal Academy suggests that it could also be a form of exercise.
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By exercising just a little more than usual a person can significantly improve his or her satisfaction with life, a new study shows. "Based on these findings, we recommend that people exercise a little longer or a little harder than usual as a way …
Futurity.org

Remaining physically active as you age, a new study shows, may help protect parts of your brain from shrinking – a process that has been linked to declines in thinking and memory skills. Read more…
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So, to see if laughter can be considered exercise, Dunbar and his colleagues looked at — yes, ironically – how much pain their participants (a large number of undergraduate men and women) could tolerate . To study pain thresholds without having them …
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