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Physical activity appears to be associated with a reduced risk or slower progression of several age-related conditions as well as improvements in overall health in older age, according to a commentary and four articles published in the January 25 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. Exercise has previously been linked to beneficial effects on arthritis …
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One way that exercise asthma differs from exercise fatigue is that the symptoms of wheezing, chest tightness and shortness of breath may persist for 15 minutes after stopping to rest. Normal exercise fatigue resolves quickly at rest.
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Ground-breaking results from a study to evaluate the effectiveness of the MEND Program (Mind, Exercise, Nutrition, Do it!), a multi-component community-based childhood obesity intervention (http://www.mendcentral.org), are published today in the US journal Obesity . The results coincide with the launch of Michelle Obama’s initiative to reduce childhood obesity …
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Potentially beneficial brain changes (an increase in the volume of an area known as the hippocampus) occur in response to exercise both in patients with schizophrenia and healthy controls, according to a report. The findings suggest that the brain retains some plasticity, or ability to adapt, even in those with psychotic disorders.
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Northern Ireland adults are failing to get enough daily exercise with more than half of them admitting doing less than 30 minutes of physical activity a day.
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Physical activity appears to be associated with a reduced risk or slower progression of several age-related conditions as well as improvements in overall health in older age, according to several new studies.
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