News tagged with weight lifting

Smokers who regularly lifted weights more likely to quit smoking

Resistance training, or weight lifting, can do more than just build muscle: it may also help smokers kick the habit, say researchers from The Miriam Hospital's Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Education doesn't increase odds that minorities play 'high-status' sports

Black and Mexican American doctors and lawyers aren't any more likely to play "high-status" sports such as golf or tennis than less educated people within their racial-ethnic groups, and more educated blacks may actually ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jun 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Regular exercise reduces patient anxiety by 20 percent, study finds

The anxiety that often accompanies a chronic illness can chip away at quality of life and make patients less likely to follow their treatment plan. But regular exercise can significantly reduce symptoms of anxiety, a new ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 22, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Weight training boosts breast cancer survivors' body image and intimate relationship satisfaction

In addition to building muscle, weightlifting is also a prescription for self-esteem among breast cancer survivors, according to new University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine research. Breast cancer survivors who lift ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0




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New European rocket lifts off on maiden flight

Europe on Monday successfully launched a new lightweight rocket carrying a test payload, culminating a more than 12-year quest to master the entire range of space launchers.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created 18 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 3

Injured boomers beware: Know when to see doctor

(AP) -- It happened to nurse Jane Byron years after an in-line skating fall, business owner Haralee Weintraub while doing "men's" push-ups, and avid cyclist Gene Wilberg while lifting a heavy box.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Heavy lifting for cancer research

Many patients with advanced cancer suffer from cachexia, a condition also called body-wasting or wasting syndrome, which causes significant weight loss, extreme fatigue and reduces quality of life.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Flexible paper robots

(PhysOrg.com) -- These inexpensive robots can stretch, bend and twist under control, and lift objects up to 120 times their own weight. Being soft, they can apply gentle and even pressure, and adapt to varied ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Mexico enacts rules against 'miracle cure' ads

(AP) -- Mexico enacted tough new rules Thursday to ban advertising of "miracle cures" for weight loss, sagging body parts and more serious illnesses like prostate ailments, chronic fatigue and even cancer.

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study finds exercise reduces anxiety symptoms in women

Approximately 3 percent of the U.S. population suffers from excessive, uncontrollable worry that reduces their health and quality of life. The condition, known as Generalized Anxiety Disorder, is difficult to overcome and ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jan 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Skip the gym? You'll pay

If, in New Years past, a steadfast resolution to get your butt to the gym has resulted in your butt remaining steadfastly planted on your couch, it may be time to introduce your butt to hyperbolic discounting.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

Palm-sized baby among the world's smallest

At birth, Melinda Star Guido was so tiny she could fit into the palm of her doctor's hand. Weighing just 9 1/2 ounces - less than a soda can - she is among the smallest babies ever born in the world.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

2010 spike in Greenland ice loss lifted bedrock, GPS reveals

(PhysOrg.com) -- An unusually hot melting season in 2010 accelerated ice loss in southern Greenland by 100 billion tons – and large portions of the island's bedrock rose an additional quarter of an inch ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (21) | comments 20 | with audio podcast

Push-ups no match for combat

Presenting at the 2011 Defence Human Sciences Symposium, DSTO researcher Greg Carstairs outlined that current generic fitness assessments (including push-ups, sit-ups and chin-ups) are often poor predictors ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 01, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1


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