http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Following surgery and radiation treatments for prostate cancer, most men suffer some degree of incontinence. For approximately 14 percent of these men, the problem lingers five years later. http://www.physorg.com/news154964930.html Medicine & Health Fri, 27 Feb 2009 13:49:33 EST news154964930 New research from the University of Illinois suggests that weight-loss campaigns that promote exercise may actually cause people to eat more. http://www.physorg.com/news154956409.html Medicine & Health Fri, 27 Feb 2009 11:28:20 EST news154956409 Research by kinesiology investigator Dustin Hittel, PhD, has proven that muscle in extremely obese individuals produces large amounts of a protein called myostatin, which normally inhibits muscle growth--suggesting that for Type 2 diabetics, and the very obese, the task of getting healthy may be more difficult than initially thought. http://www.physorg.com/news154867730.html Medicine & Health Thu, 26 Feb 2009 10:49:23 EST news154867730 When it comes to the hippocampus, a brain structure vital to certain types of memory, size matters. Numerous studies have shown that bigger is usually better. Now researchers have found that elderly adults who are more physically fit tend to have bigger hippocampi and better spatial memory than those who are less fit. http://www.physorg.com/news154704658.html Medicine & Health Tue, 24 Feb 2009 13:31:42 EST news154704658 When participants performed a mentally fatiguing task prior to a difficult exercise test, they reached exhaustion more quickly than when they did the same exercise when mentally rested, a new study finds. http://www.physorg.com/news154678090.html Medicine & Health Tue, 24 Feb 2009 06:08:49 EST news154678090 (PhysOrg.com) -- Low-back pain continues to impose a huge burden on industrialized societies, in terms of symptoms, medical costs, productivity, and work absence. Annual costs related to back pain in the United States alone may run as high as $100 billion per year. http://www.physorg.com/news154193990.html Medicine & Health Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:40:27 EST news154193990 An ambitious new study has added considerable weight to the claim that exercise can lower the risk for colon cancer. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and Harvard University combined and analyzed several decades worth of data from past studies on how exercise affects colon cancer risk. They found that people who exercised the most were 24 percent less likely to develop the disease than those who exercised the least. http://www.physorg.com/news153631057.html Medicine & Health Thu, 12 Feb 2009 03:17:58 EST news153631057 (PhysOrg.com) -- In 2006, a team of researchers set out to examine what sorts of walking programs and incentives might induce sedentary people over age 50 to put on their sneakers. They found that small cash payments might just provide that extra push. http://www.physorg.com/news153506703.html Medicine & Health Tue, 10 Feb 2009 16:45:36 EST news153506703 Research from the University of Exeter reveals for the first time, that changes in brain activity, triggered by physical exercise, may help reduce cigarette cravings. Published in the journal Psychopharmacology, the study shows how exercise changes the way the brain processes information among smokers, thereby reducing their cravings for nicotine. For the first time, researchers used functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) to investigate how the brain processes images of cigarettes after exercise. http://www.physorg.com/news153482201.html Medicine & Health Tue, 10 Feb 2009 09:57:05 EST news153482201 There's another reason to dust off those running shoes. Vigorous exercise may help prevent vision loss, according to a pair of studies from the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. The studies tracked approximately 31,000 runners for more than seven years, and found that running reduced the risk of both cataracts and age-related macular degeneration. http://www.physorg.com/news153481993.html Medicine & Health Tue, 10 Feb 2009 09:53:50 EST news153481993 Patients with leg pain caused by arterial disease may be able to forego treatment of the affected artery by participating in hospital-supervised exercise, according to a new study published in the February issue of Radiology. http://www.physorg.com/news152801128.html Medicine & Health Mon, 02 Feb 2009 12:45:55 EST news152801128 (PhysOrg.com) -- Exercise is commonly used to improve physical function, decrease symptoms and minimize disability caused by chronic low back or neck pain. Numerous randomized trials and clinical practice guidelines have supported this practice, and studies suggest that individually tailored, supervised exercise programs are associated with the best outcomes. http://www.physorg.com/news152464135.html Medicine & Health Thu, 29 Jan 2009 15:09:46 EST news152464135 Starting a weight-loss regimen significantly reduces urinary incontinence for women, according to researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and the University of California, San Francisco. http://www.physorg.com/news152386700.html Medicine & Health Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:38:41 EST news152386700 Motor control exercises, when performed in conjunction with other forms of therapy, can significantly reduce pain and disability in patients with persistent low back pain, according to a new systematic review published in the January issue of Physical Therapy (PTJ), the scientific journal of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA). In addition to feeling less pain, patients performing these types of exercises are able to be more physically active and experience positive effects over a longer period of time than those who receive other treatments, according to researchers. http://www.physorg.com/news152378747.html Medicine & Health Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:26:16 EST news152378747 A regular high-intensity, three-minute workout has a significant effect on the body`s ability to process sugars. Research published in the open access journal BMC Endocrine Disorders shows that a brief but intense exercise session every couple of days may be the best way to cut the risk of diabetes. http://www.physorg.com/news152344736.html Medicine & Health Wed, 28 Jan 2009 05:59:27 EST news152344736 There is no good evidence supporting a harmful effect of exercise on joints in the setting of normal joints and regular exercise, according to a review of studies published in this month's issue of the Journal of Anatomy. http://www.physorg.com/news152279685.html Medicine & Health Tue, 27 Jan 2009 11:55:14 EST news152279685 Sedentary, obese older adults appear to improve their functional abilities and reduce insulin resistance through a combination of resistance and aerobic exercises, according to a report in the January 26 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine. http://www.physorg.com/news152210230.html Medicine & Health Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:37:57 EST news152210230 Historians say the first marathon runner was Philippides, who, in 490 B.C., ran 24.85 miles from the battlefield at Marathon with news of the Athenian army's victory over the Persians. He reached Athens, cried out, "Rejoice, we conquer," fell down and died. http://www.physorg.com/news151942974.html Medicine & Health Fri, 23 Jan 2009 14:23:18 EST news151942974 Patients with abnormal diastolic function (when the heart is relaxed and expanded) in the left ventricle of the heart have a substantially lower maximum capacity for exercise, according to a study in the January 21 issue of JAMA. http://www.physorg.com/news151691468.html Medicine & Health Tue, 20 Jan 2009 16:31:53 EST news151691468 The main factors influencing the amount of physical exercise people carry out are their self-perceived ability and the extent of their desire to exercise. A study of 5167 Canadians, reported in the open access journal BMC Public Health, has shown that psychological concerns are the most important barriers to an active lifestyle. http://www.physorg.com/news151318539.html Medicine & Health Fri, 16 Jan 2009 08:55:39 EST news151318539 (PhysOrg.com) -- Even moderate amounts of alcohol affect recovery from athletic performance, with muscle performance loss doubled in those who drank alcohol. http://www.physorg.com/news151166146.html Medicine & Health Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:35:46 EST news151166146 Patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD), which can include symptoms such as pain in the legs, who participated in supervised treadmill exercise improved their walking endurance and quality of life, according to a study in the January 14 issue of JAMA. The treadmill exercise also improved walking performance for PAD patients without the classic symptoms of pain in the leg muscles. http://www.physorg.com/news151089142.html Medicine & Health Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:12:22 EST news151089142 What if free exercise classes were offered in public spaces such as parks, beaches and recreation centers? When a city government in Brazil tried such a program, it greatly increased physical activity among community members. A group of health researchers who studied the program believes it could also work in U.S. cities with warm climates. http://www.physorg.com/news151075621.html Medicine & Health Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:27:01 EST news151075621 Maintaining blood sugar levels, even in the absence of disease, may be an important strategy for preserving cognitive health, suggests a study published by researchers at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC). The study appeared in the December issue of Annals of Neurology. http://www.physorg.com/news149838363.html Medicine & Health Tue, 30 Dec 2008 05:46:03 EST news149838363 (PhysOrg.com) -- New research from the University of Maine Department of Psychology has established that that belly fat carried around the middle (central adiposity) is related to decreased cognitive (mental) functioning, with adjustment for multiple cardiovascular risk factors. http://www.physorg.com/news148754196.html Medicine & Health Wed, 17 Dec 2008 16:36:36 EST news148754196 People who use weight training to ease their lower back pain are better off than those who choose other forms of exercise such as jogging, according to a University of Alberta study. http://www.physorg.com/news148317907.html Medicine & Health Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:25:07 EST news148317907 A Kansas State University graduate student has found a correlation between childhood obesity and asthma. Sara Rosenkranz, doctoral student in human nutrition, Manhattan, conducted research that found that healthy children with higher levels of body fat and lower levels of physical activity had greater amounts of airway narrowing after exercise. http://www.physorg.com/news148316700.html Medicine & Health Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:05:00 EST news148316700 People who use weight training to ease their lower back pain are better off than those who choose other forms of exercise such as jogging, according to a University of Alberta study. http://www.physorg.com/news148224598.html Medicine & Health Thu, 11 Dec 2008 13:29:58 EST news148224598 A vigorous 60-minute workout on a treadmill affects the release of two key appetite hormones, ghrelin and peptide YY, while 90 minutes of weight lifting affects the level of only ghrelin, according to a new study. Taken together, the research shows that aerobic exercise is better at suppressing appetite than non-aerobic exercise and provides a possible explanation for how that happens. http://www.physorg.com/news148192830.html Medicine & Health Thu, 11 Dec 2008 04:40:30 EST news148192830 Older adults who exercise regularly show increased cerebral blood flow and a greater number of small blood vessels in the brain, according to findings presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). http://www.physorg.com/news147359540.html Medicine & Health Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:12:20 EST news147359540