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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?





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Fitness@home – A training center in your living room

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 29, 2008 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New projection techniques, combined with exercise and an individually regulated supply of oxygen and scents, can transform your living room into a virtual training environment. Fraunhofer researchers and pro4senses GmbH will ...


Study finds certain liver disease related to cardiovascular fitness

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Mar 24, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) have suboptimal levels of cardiovascular fitness, muscle strength, body composition and physical fitness, according to a new study. The findings appear in the April issue ...


People with type 2 diabetes improved muscular strength

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 22, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Physical therapist-directed exercise counseling combined with fitness center-based exercise training can improve muscular strength and exercise capacity in people with type 2 diabetes, with outcomes similar to those of supervised ...


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 ...


Aerobic exercise can increase mental fitness in older people

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 16, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Aerobic physical exercises that aim to improve cardiovascular fitness also help boost how fast you can think, manual dexterity and how well you can concentrate on visual and auditory tasks, concludes a Cochrane Review.


Use weights, not aerobics, to ease back pain

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 11, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 1

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.


Computer exercises improve memory and attention

Medicine & Health / Research

created Feb 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study results to be published in the April 2009 issue of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society show that computerized brain exercises can improve memory and lead to faster thinking.


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 room may hold key to easing back pain

Weight room may hold key to easing back pain

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 12, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

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.


Strength training of neck muscles relieves chronic pain

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 04, 2008 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (9) | comments 1

Neck pain has been steadily increasing over the past two decades and is now second to back pain, the most common musculoskeletal disorder. Women are more likely than men to suffer from persistent neck pain, in particular ...



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