News tagged with exercise stress

'Mindfulness' exercises help curb stress and fatigue associated with arthritis

"Mindfulness" exercises, which focus on experiencing the present moment, no matter how difficult, can help curb the stress and fatigue associated with painful rheumatoid joint disease, indicates a small study published online ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 20, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Employee programs teaching heath care 'consumer' skills may also produce health benefits

A workplace program designed to teach employees to act more like consumers when they make health care decisions, for example, by finding and evaluating health information or choosing a benefit plan, also improved ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 31, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Rebranding exercise: 'Quality of life' a better motivator than 'Live longer'

(Medical Xpress) -- A new University of Michigan study finds that the most convincing exercise message emphasizes immediate benefits that enhance daily quality of life.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Cardiac rehabilitation improves heart rate recovery, boosts survival

For the first time, researchers have discovered cardiac rehabilitation can train the heart to quickly return to its normal rate after exercise.

Medicine & Health / Cardiology

created Sep 26, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

'Smelling' heart failure: Evaluation of an electronic nose

A German team has developed a completely new non-invasive method to identify heart failure. It consists of an "electronic nose" which could make the "smelling" of heart failure possible. The projet was presented at the ESC ...

Medicine & Health / Cardiology

created Aug 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Yoga improves quality of life in women with breast cancer undergoing radiation therapy

For women with breast cancer undergoing radiation therapy, yoga offers unique benefits beyond fighting fatigue, according to new research from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created May 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Keeping stress fractures at bay while keeping exercise resolutions

Pledging to take up some type of regular exercise regimen is one of the most popular New Year’s resolutions, and it’s a good one at that ... as exercise is proven to stave off chronic health conditions, ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 14, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Exercise's brain benefits

(PhysOrg.com) -- Athletes have long known about the natural "high" exercise can induce. Now, for the first time, medical researchers have demonstrated that exercise can reverse the effects in the brain of psychological trauma ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jul 14, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (12) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

New formula gives first accurate peak heart rate for women

Women who measure their peak heart rates for exercise will need to do some new math as will physicians giving stress tests to patients.

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jun 28, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Brief exercise reduces impact of stress on cell aging, study shows

Exercise can buffer the effects of stress-induced cell aging, according to new research from UCSF that revealed actual benefits of physical activity at the cellular level.

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 26, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (9) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Detailed metabolic profile gives 'chemical snapshot' of the effects of exercise

Chemically speaking, you become a different person when you run, according to new research that maps how chemicals change in the blood during exercise, the May 26 issue of Science Translational Medicine report ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created May 26, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (10) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Fight against fat goes high-tech with new devices

(AP) -- The fight against fat is going high-tech. To get an inside look at eating and exercise habits, scientists are developing wearable wireless sensors to monitor overweight and obese people as they go ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jan 06, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Five tips for stress-free exams

(PhysOrg.com) -- It's exam time, and for many students that means long days, late nights and lots of coffee. It's easy to let the anxiety get to you, so what can you do to cope with exam tension?

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Exercise-linked ventricular tachycardia is not a risk to healthy older adults

Healthy, older adults free of heart disease need not fear that bouts of rapid, irregular heartbeats brought on by vigorous exercise might increase short- or long-term risk of dying or having a heart attack, according to a ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Lowering blood pressure

The words are in larger-than-average type. The message is simple: "The Blood Pressure Miracle." And Frank Mangano, health advocate and natural health writer, says that's all it takes to lower your blood pressure -- naturally.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1