Researchers believe they have made a breakthrough in the rehabilitation of individuals with walking difficulties caused by spinal cord injuries, by bypassing commands from the brain to the legs using a computer. Instead of employing the brain, the technique uses arm movements and a computer interface to tell the legs what to do by creating an artificial…
The World Heart Federation has announced the theme of World Heart Day 2014, which takes place on Monday 29th September, as heart-healthy environments. Heart-healthy environments have been chosen as they are an essential part of looking after your heart. Too often society ‘blames’ the individual: you smoke, you eat and drink too much, you don’t exercise….
During marathons, women pace themselves more evenly than male competitors do, according to a study of thousands of racers. The results provide unexpected insights into some of the physical and emotional differences between male and female runners, and also how both genders might improve their race times by noting how the other one runs. Anyone…
There’s plenty of evidence that suggests that children who are more physically active do better in school. But what’s contributing to the boost in brain power? In a study, published in the journal Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, researchers led by Laura Chaddock-Heyman, a research associate in psychology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, report that children…
The latest research shows there may be an upper limit to how helpful exercise can be on your heart It’s probably not news to you that Americans just don’t exercise enough.Less than half of us meet the recommended amount of weekly physical activity—despite research that shows exercise can be just as effective as drugs in some…
The prostate is can be a troublesome little gland. It is prone to painful infections and inflammation (prostatitis), enlargement that interferes with urination (benign prostatic hyperplasia, or BPH), and cancer. Prevention is the best medicine, something exercise can help with. Exercise has also been shown to help treat various prostate-related conditions. Although relatively few studies…
As a fitness trainer and as a person who is daily striving to motivate and encourage people to be physically active and live a healthier lifestyle, I can’t help but feel my heart break just a little more each time I see an obese child and learn that these children are at higher risk for…
When you have anxiety or depression, exercise often seems like the last thing you want to do. But once you get motivated, exercise can make a big difference. Exercise helps prevent and improve a number of health problems, including high blood pressure, diabetes and arthritis. Research on anxiety, depression and exercise shows that the psychological…
Regular exercise may alter how a person experiences pain, according to a new study. The longer we continue to work out, the new findings suggest, the greater our tolerance for discomfort can grow. For some time, scientists have known that strenuous exercise briefly and acutely dulls pain. As muscles begin to ache during a prolonged…
There is a definitive answer to the question, is it ever too late to start exercising? New Haven was one of eight sites of nationwide study. Researchers at Southern Connecticut State University and Yale School of Medicine worked together, targeting seniors between the ages of 70 to 89 years old, who were sedentary and not…
