News tagged with physical fitness

Exercise can improve the health and wellbeing of cancer patients

Exercise can improve the health of cancer patients who have completed their main cancer-related treatment finds a study published in the British Medical Journal.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Physical fitness trumps body weight in reducing death risks

even if your body weight has not changed or increased -- you can reduce your risk of death, according to research reported in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.

Medicine & Health / Cardiology

created Dec 05, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Super athletic mice are fit because their muscles burn more sugar

Muscle performance and fitness are partly determined by how well your muscle cells use sugar as a fuel source. In turn, exercising improves the muscle's ability to take up sugars from the bloodstream and burn ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Nov 30, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Using radiation to sterilize insect pests may protect California fruits and vegetables

A new study published in the Journal of Economic Entomology shows that radiation can be used to effectively sterilize the light brown apple moth (LBAM), an insect pest found in Australia, New Zealand, California, Hawaii, Sweden ...

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 30, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Woman to begin Antarctic crossing, awaits weather

(AP) -- A 33-year-old British adventurer preparing for a historic solo crossing of Antarctica was waiting at a base camp for the weather to improve on Sunday in order to begin her long journey on skis.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 5

Employers need to tackle culture of ignorance around breast cancer survivors who work

Employers need to be more aware of the capabilities of women affected by breast cancer and provide them with better support, backed by employment directives and occupational health policies, according to a paper in the November ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Saving the day

The kiss of life can literally be the difference between life or death for someone who has stopped breathing. If the patient's heart has stopped as well, circulation of oxygenated blood can be maintained by external chest ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 04, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Light dependency underlies beneficial jetlag in racehorses

A new study has shown that racehorses are extremely sensitive to changes in daily light and, contrary to humans, can adapt very quickly to sudden shifts in the 24-hour light-dark cycle, such as those resulting from a transmeridian ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

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

Caveman instincts still play role in choosing political leaders

(PhysOrg.com) -- When it comes to voter preference, the issues count. But some may pull the handle for a more primal reason: Physical fitness and stature against an opponent.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 18, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

Soccer could give homeless men a health kick, study says

Playing street football two or three times a week could halve the risk of early death in homeless men. Research led by the Universities of Exeter and Copenhagen, out today, shows the positive impact of street football on ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 02, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Fitness tests get tweaked

We're not saying they're not out there, somewhere, blithely crushing pre-pubescent souls with their whistles and clipboards and flexed-arm-hang timers.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

UCLA memory fitness program improves memory abilities of oldest adults

Who hasn't forgotten someone's name, misplaced their glasses or walked into a room and not remembered why they entered? Normal age-related memory decline affects more than half of all seniors, and those over 80 are the most ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Aug 29, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Learning through unstructured play helps kids develop

Roughhousing, or tossing your children around on purpose, can be a hard sell to many parents. We worry our kids will get hurt. We don't want rowdy behavior carrying over into the classroom, especially in schools with no-touching ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Aug 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Environmental factors predict underserved children's physical activity

In 2005, Jeffrey Martin, Ph.D., professor of kinesiology, health and sport studies in Wayne State University's College of Education, found that children living in underserved communities are less physically active than their ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Fidgeting your way to fitness

Walking to the photocopier and fidgeting at your desk are contributing more to your cardiorespiratory fitness than you might think.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0