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January 24, 2025

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Exercise Improves Brain Function, Possibly Reducing Dementia Risk

Jan. 23, 2025 — Scientists have shown that specialized cells involved in how the body responds to insulin are activated in the brain after exercise, suggesting that physical activity may directly improve brain ...

While Most Americans Use a Device to Monitor Their Heart, Few Share That Data With Their Doctor

Jan. 22, 2025 — A new national survey found that while many Americans use a device to monitor their heart, few share that data with their ...

Treatment for Children With Obesity Has Lasting Effect

Jan. 21, 2025 — When children with obesity undergo weight-loss treatment, the effects have repercussions later in life and the risk of serious health problems and premature death is lower as they reach young adulthood. However, this is not the case for depression ...

Fatty Muscles Raise the Risk of Serious Heart Disease Regardless of Overall Body Weight

Jan. 19, 2025 — People with pockets of fat hidden inside their muscles are at a higher risk of dying or being hospitalized from a heart attack or heart failure, regardless of their body mass index, according to new ...

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Aerobic Exercise: A Powerful Ally in Fight Against Alzheimer's

Jan. 15, 2025 — Regular aerobic exercise could significantly reduce disease markers associated with Alzheimer's, new research has found. The findings provide new hope in the battle against this devastating ...

Electrifying Your Workout Can Boost Muscles Mass, Strength

Jan. 9, 2025 — A team of researchers discovered that combining neuromuscular electrical stimulation with resistance training results in greater muscle mass and strength compared to resistance training ...

Yes, College Students Gain Holiday Weight Too -- But in the Form of Muscle Not Fat

Jan. 14, 2025 — A new study from an obesity researcher reveals that college students and older adults gain holiday weight just in different ...

Differences in Strength by Position Among Football Players

Jan. 13, 2025 — It's long been known that different positions on the football field fit different body types. A study led by the University of Kansas has gone beyond knowing that linemen are bigger with more body ...

Elderberry Juice Shows Benefits for Weight Management, Metabolic Health

Jan. 8, 2025 — Elderberry juice may be a potent tool for weight management and enhancing metabolic health, according to a recent study. A clinical trial found that drinking 12 ounces of elderberry juice daily for a ...

Study Finds Physical Activity Reduces Chronic Disease Risk

Jan. 2, 2025 — A study underscores the value of physical activity. Researchers found patients who responded in a survey that they are physically active have a statistically significant lower risk of having 19 ...

For Optimal Marathon Performance, Check Training Plan, Gear, Nutrition, Weather -- And Air Quality?

Dec. 18, 2024 — When preparing for a marathon, runners don't usually think much about air quality. But maybe they should, according to findings from a new study. ...

Overactive Cells Linked to Type 2 Diabetes

Dec. 18, 2024 — Researchers studied oxygen treatment as a potential therapy to target specific cells linked to the development of cardiovascular and metabolic disorders like high blood pressure and type 2 diabetes ...

Targeting a Brain Enzyme to Curb Obesity

Dec. 16, 2024 — Endocannabinoids in the brain play a key role in food intake and energy use. Modulating the action of these molecules could help fight obesity, say ...

More Dense, Populated Neighborhoods Inspire People to Walk More

Dec. 12, 2024 — Adding strong evidence in support of 'walkable' neighborhoods, a large national study found that the built environment can indeed increase how much people walk. The study showed a strong connection ...

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Short-Term Cognitive Boost from Exercise May Last for 24 Hours

Dec. 9, 2024 — The short-term boost our brains get after we do exercise persists throughout the following day, suggests a new ...

Newly Discovered Mechanism in the Cell's Energy Factory Can Lead to New Treatment of Muscle Disorders

Dec. 6, 2024 — Researchers have discovered a mechanism in our cells that is essential to energy production in the muscles. The discovery may lead to new treatment for disorders affecting the muscles, like diabetes, ...

Eating High-Processed Foods Impacts Muscle Quality, Study Finds

Dec. 4, 2024 — A diet high in ultra-processed foods is associated with higher amounts of fat stored inside thigh muscles, regardless of the amount of calories consumed or level of physical activity, according to a ...

Tiny, Daily Bursts of Vigorous Incidental Physical Activity Could Almost Halve Cardiovascular Risk in Middle-Aged Women

Dec. 3, 2024 — An average of four minutes of incidental vigorous physical activity a day could almost halve the risk of major cardiovascular events, such as heart attacks, for middle-aged women who do not engage in ...

Controlling a Cancer-Associated Gene Can Mimic Muscle Growth from Exercise

Dec. 3, 2024 — Knowing the precise mechanisms by which MYC drives muscle growth could prove instrumental in creating therapies that reduce muscle loss from aging, potentially improving independence, mobility and ...

Researchers Use Fitness Tracker Data and Machine Learning to Detect Bipolar Disorder Mood Swings

Nov. 25, 2024 — Investigators evaluated whether data collected from a fitness tracker could be used to accurately detect mood episodes in people with bipolar ...

Standing at Work Can Be Detrimental to Blood Pressure

Nov. 22, 2024 — A new study found that prolonged standing at work had a negative impact on the research participants' 24-hour blood pressure. In contrast, spending more time sitting at work was associated with ...

Exploring Factors Affecting Workers' Acquisition of Exercise Habits Using Machine Learning Approaches

Nov. 22, 2024 — Researchers analyzed data from middle-aged workers who had received Specific Health Guidance -- a revolutionary system implemented by the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare to improve ...

Weight-Loss Drug Reduces Risk of Early Death for Patients With Heart Failure, Trial Finds

Nov. 20, 2024 — Weight-loss and diabetes drug tirzepatide can reduce the risk of death or worsening heart failure for patients with obesity and heart failure with preserved pump function, new research ...

Why Weight? Researchers Say It’s Fitness That Matters

Nov. 19, 2024 — As rates of obesity, as defined by body mass index (BMI), continue to climb in the United States, so have efforts to lose weight, including a new era of weight-loss drugs. Yet a new systematic review ...

When Muscles Work Out, They Help Neurons to Grow

Nov. 19, 2024 — Exercise can have benefits at the level of neurons, through chemical and mechanical effects, researchers find. The discovery could inform exercise-related therapies for repairing damaged and ...

Sitting Too Long Can Harm Heart Health, Even for Active People

Nov. 15, 2024 — More time spent sitting, reclining or lying down during the day may increase the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and death, according to a new study. More than roughly 10-and-a-half hours of ...

While More Is Better, Even Moderate Amounts of Exercise May Reduce Risk for Common Heart Condition

Nov. 11, 2024 — Adding an extra hour every week of physical activity may lower the chance of developing the most common type of irregular heartbeat (arrythmia) by 11%, a study ...

Five Minutes of Extra Exercise a Day Could Lower Blood Pressure

Nov. 6, 2024 — New research suggests that adding a small amount of physical activity -- such as uphill walking or stair-climbing -- into your day may help to lower blood ...

Keto Diet, Supplements May Restart Stalled Menstruation, Study Finds

Oct. 30, 2024 — Increasing ketones in the blood through a keto diet or supplements may help put irregular menstrual cycles back on schedule or even restart a period that appears to have stalled for good, new ...

Skeletal Muscle Health Amid Growing Use of Weight Loss Medications

Oct. 25, 2024 — A recent article highlights the critical importance of skeletal muscle mass in the context of medically induced weight loss, particularly with the widespread use of GLP-1 receptor agonists. These ...

Study Finds Intense Exercise May Suppress Appetite in Healthy Humans

Oct. 24, 2024 — A vigorous workout does more to suppress hunger levels in healthy adults than does moderate exercise, and females may be especially susceptible to this response, according to a small ...

Standing More May Not Reduce Cardiovascular Disease Risk, Could Increase Circulatory Disease, Research Finds

Oct. 17, 2024 — New research has shown that over the long-term, standing more compared with sitting does not improve cardiovascular health (coronary heart disease, stroke and heart failure), and could increase the ...

Good Physical Fitness from Childhood Protects Mental Health

Oct. 15, 2024 — A recent study found that good physical fitness from childhood to adolescence is linked to better mental health in adolescence. These results are significant and timely, as mental health problems are ...

'Brain Endurance Training' Promotes Healthy Aging

Oct. 11, 2024 — A new study finds that brain endurance training (BET) can improve attention and executive function (cognition), as well as physical endurance and resistance exercise ...