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No-nose bicycle saddles improve penile sensation and erectile function in bicycling police officers
Aug 08, 2008 |
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An innovative study appearing in the August issue of The Journal of Sexual Medicine examined, for the first time, if noseless bicycle saddles would be an effective intervention for alleviating deleterious health effects, erecti ...
State bicycle survey reveals danger concerns, cycling perceptions
Dec 15, 2008 |
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Bicyclists in Dallas, Houston and San Antonio are more concerned with being involved in vehicle crashes compared to bicyclists in other Texas cities, according to a survey conducted by the Center for Transportation ...
A virtuous cycle: Safety in numbers for riders
Sep 03, 2008 |
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It seems paradoxical but the more people ride bicycles on our city streets, the less likely they are to be injured in traffic accidents.
Some 70 percent of schoolchildren don't walk to school
Dec 03, 2008 |
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Days when schoolchildren walked to neighbourhood schools are long gone. A new study by a team of researchers led by Paul Lewis, a professor of Urban Planning at the Université de Montréal, shows that only 30 percent of children ...
New study examines traffic congestion on a university campus
Mar 25, 2008 |
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Some researchers believe that the United States is in a “congestion crisis”. Indeed, national transportation statistics indicate that 42 percent more vehicles used each urban lane mile in 2000 than in 1980, tripling the number ...
Physically active teens less likely to become overweight as young adults
Jan 07, 2008 |
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Participating in school-based physical education and certain extracurricular physical activities during adolescence may be associated with a lower risk of being overweight as a young adult, according to a report in the January ...
Stripped down: Hubble highlights two galaxies that are losing it
Sep 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Ram pressure is the drag force that results when something moves through a fluid -- much like the wind you feel in your face when bicycling, even on a still day -- and occurs in this context ...
Breaking a sweat helps control weight gain over 20 years
Nov 05, 2007 |
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Don't slack off on exercise if you want to avoid packing on the pounds as you age.
The auto change bicycle
Jan 13, 2009 |
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Researchers in Taiwan are designing a computer for pedal cyclists that tells them when to change gear to optimize the power they develop while maintaining comfort. The system is described in the latest issue of the International Jo ...
Vigorous activity protects against breast cancer
Oct 31, 2008 |
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Normal-weight women who carry out lots of vigorous exercise are approximately 30% less likely to develop breast cancer than those who don't exercise vigorously. A study of more than thirty thousand postmenopausal American ...
National study -- kids' bike injuries are major public health concern
Oct 16, 2007 |
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A new study conducted by researchers at the Center for Injury Research and Policy at Nationwide Children’s Hospital concludes that bicycle-related injuries among children and adolescents in the U.S. may be a more significant ...
Loopt shows iPhone a new trick
Sep 11, 2009 |
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Apple's iPhone has been a sensation from its launch -- even if, digitally speaking, it can't walk and chew gum at the same time. There are now more than 65,000 applications in the App Store, but the iPhone runs only one ...
People who bike or walk to work are more fit, less fat than drivers
Jul 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Trying to get fit but can’t work it into your daily schedule? Incorporating even relatively short bouts of exercise into a daily commute appears to deliver significant rewards, according to a new study from ...
Pedal pusher: Engineering professor, students plan citywide bike paths
Dec 05, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An earthy mobile of cyclists hangs above Peter Furth’s office computer. A gift from his children, the dangling artifact originates from an African country where bikes are a primary mode of ...
Study Shows Exercise May Mitigate Mental Risks Caused by 'Belly Fat'
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 17, 2008 |
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(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, ...
