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Exercise Changes the Way Our Bodies Handle Saturated Fat, Study Finds
Scientists in the U.K. seem to have unearthed yet another benefit of exercise: It could make our bodies better at using up certain kinds of fat. In a new study out this week, researchers found that endurance athletes were much better at burning off saturated fat compared to sedentary people with type 2 diabetes—a distinction
Why This Exercise Is So Good for High Blood Pressure
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Exercise boosts the immune system for health
A recent Harvard Medical School study published on November 3 in Science Immunology may explain why exercise leads to inflammation. Researchers have been intrigued by this connection since the early 1900s when a study found increased white blood cells in Boston marathon runners after the race. In a study with mice, researchers found that exercise’s
Exercise intensity: How to measure it
Exercise intensity: How to measure itGet the most from your workouts by knowing how to gauge your exercise intensity.By Mayo Clinic Staff When you exercise, are you working hard or hardly working? Exercising at the correct intensity can help you get the most out of your physical activity. You can make sure you're not pushing
Exercise may cause strokes in blocked arteries
Atherosclerosis is a type of cardiovascular disease caused by the buildup of cholesterol, lipids, and other particles in the arteries. It does not exhibit symptoms at first. As plaque accumulates, lumen size decreases, resulting in stenosis, which restricts blood flow to vital organs such as the brain. Local hemodynamics have an important impact on artery
Try this 5-step exercise to clear your calendar for spring
While spring takes a little longer to reach me in Detroit than in other parts of the country, it’s about this time of year when I’m hit with the spring-cleaning spirit. And I’m not just talking about clearing out an overflowing junk drawer or rearranging my home office space. I also look to dust off
Undoubtedly, physical activity might help with health as we age. It protects against a wide array of diseases. It is yet unclear what biological processes underlie the connection between exercise, fitness, and aging. According to a new study, exercise may be the most potent anti-aging intervention known to science. The study by researchers at Joslin
Exercise may be key to developing treatments for rare movement disorder
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Spinal cerebellar ataxia 6 (SCA6) is an inherited neurological condition which has a debilitating impact on motor coordination. Affecting around 1 in 100,000 people, the rarity of SCA6 has seen it attract only limited attention from medical researchers. To date, there is no known cure and only limited treatment options exist.
This Hanging Exercise Will Challenge Your Core 1 Side at a Time
Core workouts can get old when you never break away from the back corner of the gym and the same planks, situps, and crunches. You'll have more fun (and get a much better training session) when you hit get off the ground and add hanging exercises to your routine. Hanging leg raises can be pretty
Exercise may boost impact of pre-surgical chemo in patients with food pipe (oesophageal) cancer
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain 'Prehab' exercise may boost the impact of chemotherapy given to patients with cancer of the food pipe (oesophagus) to shrink their tumour (s) before surgery, reveals the first study of its kind, published online in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. Tumour shrinkage was greater in the exercisers than in those…