News tagged with exercise equipment


Weight Loss 'Maintainers' Have Fewer TVs at Home

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- What's the secret of success of people who lose lots of weight and keep it off for many years? A new study suggests predictable factors like exercise and control over eating play a role, but so do factors ...


No sweat: Shuttle's exercise gear on the fritz

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Space junk from a Soviet satellite no longer poses a threat to Discovery shuttle, but astronauts face a vexing new problem: the spacecraft's exercise equipment is on the fritz, NASA said Monday.





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Improving Cardiac Rehab for Women with Heart Disease

Improving Cardiac Rehab for Women with Heart Disease

Medicine & Health / Health

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(PhysOrg.com) -- USF Health researcher shows motivational "women-only" cardiac rehab improves symptoms of depression.


Long-term physical activity has an anti-aging effect at the cellular level

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Intensive exercise prevented shortening of telomeres, a protective effect against aging of the cardiovascular system, according to research reported in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.


Smart phones allow quick diagnosis of acute appendicitis

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Radiologists can accurately diagnose acute appendicitis from a remote location with the use of a handheld device or mobile phone equipped with special software, according to a study presented today at the annual meeting of ...


Osteoarthritis increases aggregate health care expenditures by $186 billion annually

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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Osteoarthritis (OA), a highly prevalent disease, raised aggregate annual medical care expenditures in the U.S. by $185.5 billion according to researchers from Stony Brook University. Insurers footed $149.4 billion of the ...


Too much physical activity may lead to arthritis

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Middle-aged men and women who engage in high levels of physical activity may be unknowingly causing damage to their knees and increasing their risk for osteoarthritis, according to a study presented today at the annual meeting ...


Venezuela turns to cloud-seeding to battle drought (AP)

Venezuela turns to cloud-seeding to battle drought

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Hugo Chavez says he is starting to "bombard" clouds now that Cuba has provided Venezuela with cloud-seeding help in an effort to produce rain and alleviate the effects of a severe drought.


Signal fading on radio traffic reports

Technology / Other

created Nov 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(AP) -- For more than 20 years, Mike Nolan was known to radio listeners as the "eye in the sky." He flew over Southern California freeways in his single-engine plane, reporting on the nation's worst traffic.


Overeating can set stage for obesity, researchers say

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

It doesn't seem like a fair fight. In one corner loomed the Thanksgiving table, groaning with poultry, pie and mashed potatoes.


New radar helps monitor site of century-old tragedy

New radar helps monitor site of century-old tragedy

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A University of Alberta researcher has turned the site of a southern Alberta rockslide tragedy into the proving ground for new equipment meant to avert such a disaster in the future.


New climate targets may not change daily life much (AP)

New climate targets may not change daily life much

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 27, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (17) | comments 29

(AP) -- Americans' day-to-day lives won't change noticeably if President Barack Obama achieves his newly announced goal of slashing carbon dioxide pollution by one-sixth in the next decade, experts say.



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