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Physically fit kids do better in school

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A new study in the Journal of School Health found that physically fit kids scored better on standardized math and English tests than their less fit peers.


Ubisoft puts players in new fitness videogame

Technology / Software

created Jun 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

French videogame powerhouse Ubisoft is putting players into the action when it comes to fitness training.


To work your brain, work your body

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

The problem: I lost my car keys. What kind of training will make my brain work better?


Study Links Photosynthesis Genes to Marine Virus Fitness

Biology /

created Feb 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A recent Northeastern University study has shown, for the first time, the effect of individual genes on the fitness of a marine species at the ecosystem level. Using his innovative computer simulation model, ...


Fitness levels decline with age, especially after 45

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Men and women become gradually less fit with age, with declines accelerating after age 45, according to a report in the October 26 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. However, mainta ...


Heart transplant recipients can improve fitness and perform high intensity workouts

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jul 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Heart transplant recipients' cardio-respiratory fitness is around 30 to 50 per cent lower than age-matched healthy sedentary individuals. As a result, exercise rehabilitation should be very important to these patients, and ...


Aerobically fit women have lower chance of breast cancer, study says

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

A new study by University of South Carolina researchers indicates aerobically fit women are three times less likely to die of breast cancer than those who seldom exercise.


Young adults who exercise get higher IQ

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Young adults who are fit have a higher IQ and are more likely to go on to university, reveals a major new study carried out at the Sahlgrenska Academy and Sahlgrenska University Hospital.


Cardiovascular fitness not affected by cancer treatment

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created May 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The cardiovascular fitness level of cancer survivors is not affected by many standard cancer therapies, say researchers from Georgetown University Medical Cancer. That is the finding of a new observational study to be presented ...


Weight Watchers vs. fitness centers

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 02, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

In the first study of its kind, using sophisticated methods to measure body composition, the nationally known commercial weight loss program, Weight Watchers, was compared to gym membership programs to find out which method ...


Taking cues: Sometimes environmental cues can activate thrifty behavior

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Mar 31, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Consumers are constantly bombarded with subtle and even subconscious cues from their environment. A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research examines whether these cues activate goals that affect behavior in the long t ...


Lifting weights reduces lymphedema symptoms following breast cancer surgery

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Aug 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Breast cancer survivors who lift weights are less likely than their non-weightlifting peers to experience worsening symptoms of lymphedema, the arm- and hand-swelling condition that plagues many women following surgery for ...


There's a speed limit to the pace of evolution, biologists say

Biology / Evolution

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have developed a theoretical model that informs the understanding of evolution and determines how quickly an organism will evolve using a catalogue of "evolutionary speed limits." ...


Cancer found to be a moving target

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jun 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Cancer is the result of Darwinian evolution among populations of cells, in which the fittest cells win the struggle for survival, while ultimately killing the person of whom they are a part.


Study: Morbidly obese sedentary for more than 99 percent of day

Medicine & Health / Research

created Mar 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A new study appearing in Clinical Cardiology examines the average fitness level of the morbidly obese (body mass indexes between 40.0 and 49.9). The findings show that the tested population was sedentary for more than 99 per ...