Exercise May Protect Women Against Colon Cancer
Long-term physical activity decreased colon cancer risk for postmenopausal women in California Teachers Study. Los Angeles, Calif-Life-long physical activity may reduce colon cancer risk for postmenopausal women who have never used hormone therapy, a USC-led study suggests.
Medicalnewstoday.com 9h and 28m ago

Practicing Tai Chi Boosts Immune System in Older Adults
The Westernized version of the 2,000 year old Chinese martial art significantly boosts the immune systems of older adults against the virus that leads to the painful, blistery rash known as shingles.
emaxhealth.com 10h and 15m ago

Four New Ways To Workout In The Gym - 300 Spartan Training Style - CrossFit Trainer Tells How To Duplicate 300 Spartan Training Workout
According to Jerry Hill, owner of Alexandria-based CrossFit Challenge, the exercises and workouts shown in the Spartan training Yahoo video can be adapted for your own personal indoor workout. "Unless you have a CrossFit training facility in your home town that's equipped like Gym Jones, the opportunity to duplicate the 300 Spartan training workout and its results will be lost," Hill said.
Medicalnewstoday.com 16h and 28m ago

Older adults prefer exercising solo
Older people would rather exercise alone than be surrounded by a bunch of youthful hard bodies in Spandex, suggests a study that examined how group fitness appeals to people of different ages.
MSNBC.com Thu, 22 Mar 2007 22:23:56 GMT

Exercising With Peers Has Added Appeal
If given a choice of exercising alone, with people younger or older or with people their same age, most adults would rather exercise with others in their own age group.
emaxhealth.com Thu, 22 Mar 2007 17:42:38 +0000

Jones Fractures Of Foot
Athletes can get fractures in many locations, including the small bones in the feet.
emaxhealth.com Thu, 22 Mar 2007 14:00:01 +0000

Readers share love, loathing of exercise
Many readers wrote in to share the tricks they've discovered to make themselves stick with an exercise regime. Some expressed frustration because they're having a hard time finding just the right activity. And some simply wrote in to ask for help.
MSNBC.com Thu, 22 Mar 2007 14:38:12 GMT

High Ankle Sprain: What's The Difference
Ankle sprains are one of the most common injuries encountered in the United States.
emaxhealth.com Thu, 22 Mar 2007 13:57:40 +0000

Research In Childhood Obesity In Children Highlights Physical Activity Levels
A British study, involving 5,500 children and published in the latest issue of PLoS Medicine, used accurate methods to measure the 'fat mass' of the children and the amount of physical activity they were taking. The researchers, based at the University of Bristol, concluded that low levels of activity, particularly moderate and vigorous activity, play an important role in the development of obesity.
Medicalnewstoday.com Thu, 22 Mar 2007 11:00:00 PDT

The Answer To Childhood Obesity: 15 Minutes Of Football?
ALSPAC The Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (also known as Children of the 90s) is a unique ongoing research project based in the University of Bristol. It enrolled 14,000 mothers during pregnancy in 1991-2 and has followed most of the children and parents in minute detail ever since.
Medicalnewstoday.com Thu, 22 Mar 2007 06:00:00 PDT

Obesity Drives US Surgical Procedure Volumes Higher
Millennium Research Group (MRG) has conducted a detailed analysis of surgical procedures in its US Surgical Procedure Volumes 2007 report. The report finds that over 11 million Americans are considered morbidly obese, and by 2011, over 13 million will be- driving the volume of surgical procedures in the US throughout the next five years.
Medicalnewstoday.com Thu, 22 Mar 2007 00:00:00 PDT

Dance Medicine Center Aims To Help Dancers Stay On Their Feet
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and the University of Southern California (USC) School of Theatre Dance Program this week announced the opening of the Cedars-Sinai/USC Dance Medicine Center, a unique collaborative effort to educate dancers about how to avoid dance and other movement-related injuries.
Medicalnewstoday.com Thu, 22 Mar 2007 00:00:00 PDT

Americans Still Not Eating Enough Fruits And Vegetables, According To Two Recent Studies
"Eat your vegetables" has been heard at the dinner tables of America for a long time. Has the message gotten through? Since 1990 the Dietary Guidelines for Americans has recommended consuming at least two servings of fruits and three servings of vegetables daily. However, two studies published in the April issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine clearly show that Americans are not meeting the mark.
Medicalnewstoday.com Wed, 21 Mar 2007 12:00:00 PDT

Help! I absolutely DESPISE exercise!
Any advice for someone who truly loathes fitness? Plus, can exercising after an indulgent meal exonerate you? Smart Fitness answers your workout queries.
MSNBC.com Tue, 20 Mar 2007 17:20:53 GMT

Becoming A Certified Personal Trainer
You need a license to cut hair, a license to give a manicure, but you don't need a license to put a 60-year-old man with heart disease on a treadmill and run him for 45 minutes. While personal fitness trainers are frequently in a position to do real harm, current laws only requires a one-time certification that is shockingly easy to obtain either online or from short-term courses with no federal or state standards of competency.
Medicalnewstoday.com Tue, 20 Mar 2007 07:00:00 PDT

States pushing online fitness programs
With obesity worsening across the nation, a growing number of states are launching online initiatives to combat residents' expanding waistlines.
MSNBC.com Sun, 18 Mar 2007 19:21:04 GMT

TV Habits Have No Impact on Teen Exercise (HealthDay)
If your child isn't getting enough exercise, don't blame the "idiot box." New research suggests that the amount of time teens spend watching TV bears no relationship to their levels of physical activity.
yahoo.com 6//Feb 2007

Workouts Add Muscle to the Flu Shot (HealthDay)
Pumping iron may pump up your response to a flu shot, British research suggests.
yahoo.com 4//Feb 2007

There's Always Something to Say About Abs
I can tell the weather's warming up because I'm getting all kinds of emails about abs...specifically, getting them flatter. In the many (many) articles I've written about this topic...
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Secret Weapons of Weight Loss
I once received an email from someone asking me how many calories she burned by chewing gum. At the time, I thought the question was a little nuts (the...
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Exercise of the Week - Chest Squeeze with a Medicine Ball
When working the chest, most of us are familiar with the usual chest exercises - pushups, chest presses and flies. The Chest Squeeze is another way to work the...
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Vote in This Week's Poll: Do you prefer to exercise alone or with someone else?
On occasion, my husband and I workout together and this doesn't always go very well. Sometimes we get competitive and pick on each other (my husband's favorite thing to...
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Drug Could Help Save Mountain Climbers' Lives (HealthDay)
A drug used to ease "mountain sickness" holds promise as a treatment for a potentially fatal condition that can strike high-altitude climbers, researchers report.
yahoo.com Wed, 14 Feb 2007 04:40:42 GMT

Age Brings More Fat, Less Muscle (HealthDay)
Older Americans face a "double whammy" when it comes to body fat, a new study finds.
yahoo.com Sun, 11 Feb 2007 04:40:09 GMT


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