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Young adults who exercise get higher IQ

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

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.


Breast cancer survivors can find comfort in teams with athletic goals

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Sep 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Breast cancer survivors may find participation on a team that incorporates physical fitness, such as boating, walking or running, can help improve their quality of life, says a Purdue University sport and ...


Are you the next Usain Bolt? The answer could be in your saliva

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Aug 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at Newcastle University are launching a ground-breaking study to find out why some of us can run faster than others - despite doing the same amount of 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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Physically fit kids do better in school

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

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.


Keep on running: Lack of exercise when young may lead to heart disease

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 04, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (8) | comments 0

A lack of physical activity and fitness as a child can lead to an increased risk of heart disease according to research published in the open access journal Dynamic Medicine.


Aerobic exercise can increase mental fitness in older people

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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.


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 ...


Exercise may prevent brain shrinkage in early Alzheimer's disease

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jul 14, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (9) | comments 0

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 ...


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 ...


Fitness levels decline with age, especially after 45

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

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: Morbidly obese sedentary for more than 99 percent of day

Medicine & Health / Research

created Mar 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A new study appearing in Clinical Cardiology examines the average fitness level of the morbidly obese (body mass indexes between 40.0 and 49.9). The findings show that the tested population was sedentary for more than 99 per ...


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 ...


People with type 2 diabetes improved muscular strength

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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 ...



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