News tagged with fitness
Dietary sport supplement shows strong effects in the elderly
Nov 07, 2008 |
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Beta-alanine (BA), a dietary supplement widely used by athletes and body builders, has been proven to increase the fitness levels of a group of elderly men and women. The research, published in BioMed Central's open access ...
Motorized knee can make you run faster
Dec 22, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the Tsukuba University in Japan have come up with a motorized knee you can attach to your leg to make you run faster and use less muscle power.
Exercise may prevent brain shrinkage in early Alzheimer's disease
Jul 14, 2008 |
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Mild Alzheimer's disease patients with higher physical fitness had larger brains compared to mild Alzheimer's patients with lower physical fitness, according to a study published in the July 15, 2008, issue of Neurology, the me ...
Vigorous exercise may help prevent vision loss
Feb 10, 2009 |
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There's another reason to dust off those running shoes. Vigorous exercise may help prevent vision loss, according to a pair of studies from the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. The studies ...
To work your brain, work your body
Mar 13, 2009 |
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The problem: I lost my car keys. What kind of training will make my brain work better?
Young adults who exercise get higher IQ
Dec 02, 2009 |
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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.
Weight Watchers vs. fitness centers
Jul 02, 2008 |
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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 ...
Physical fitness improves spatial memory, increases size of brain structure
Feb 24, 2009 |
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When it comes to the hippocampus, a brain structure vital to certain types of memory, size matters. Numerous studies have shown that bigger is usually better. Now researchers have found that elderly adults who are more physically ...
Seniors use brain training software to sharpen their minds
Feb 27, 2009 |
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Angie Rogers wants to stay fit enough to ride her motorcycle well into her 60s, so the 54-year-old Sachse, Texas, resident is working out on her computer almost every day.
Key to evolutionary fitness: Cut the calories
Jul 01, 2009 |
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Charles Darwin and his contemporaries postulated that food consumption in birds and mammals was limited by resource levels, that is, animals would eat as much as they could while food was plentiful and produce as many offspring ...
Fitness levels decline with age, especially after 45
Oct 26, 2009 |
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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 ...
Study: Exercise improves body image for fit and unfit alike
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 08, 2009 |
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Attention weekend warriors: the simple act of exercise and not fitness itself can convince you that you look better, a new University of Florida study finds.
Physically fit kids do better in school
Jan 28, 2009 |
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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.
Special workplace benefits help relieve stress, improve bottom line
Feb 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- While hundreds of thousands of American workers are losing jobs these days, many more are stressed out. For those fortunate to still have jobs in this down economy, however, companies can help alleviate workplace ...
Computer exercises improve memory and attention
Feb 11, 2009 |
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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.
