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December 21, 2024

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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 and found no significant improvement in function in ...

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 between place and activity by studying about 11,000 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. 12, 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Maternal Exercise During Pregnancy May Protect the Child Against Asthma

Oct. 10, 2024 — The risk of asthma in the child can be reduced by nearly half if the mother engages in active physical exercise at least three times a week during pregnancy, compared to a child of a mother who is ...

The Secret to Slimming? Special 'Skinny Genes' Double Weight Loss

Oct. 9, 2024 — The secret to losing weight could all be down to a combination of 14 'skinny genes', a new study has found. Researchers discovered they helped people drop twice as much weight when they ran ...

Should Men and Women Eat Different Breakfasts to Lose Weight?

Oct. 7, 2024 — It's not a bad thing if you pick a toasted bagel for breakfast, while your partner chooses eggs. In fact that difference could help you lose some ...

Reducing Daily Sitting May Prevent Back Pain

Oct. 2, 2024 — A new study showed that reducing daily sitting prevented back pain from worsening over six months. The result strengthens the current understanding of the link between activity and back pain as well ...

'Weekend Warrior' Physical Activity May Help Protect Against More Than 200 Diseases

Sep. 26, 2024 — Compared with inactivity, a weekend warrior pattern of exercise (concentrating most moderate-to-vigorous physical activity in one to two days during the week) or a more evenly distributed physical ...

Sep. 17, 2024 — Sport-related stress may contribute to some NCAA Division One swimmers and runners failing to consume enough calories to fuel their ...

Brown Fat: How Cells Generate Heat by Burning Calories

Sep. 16, 2024 — Special fat cells known as brown adipocytes help maintaining body temperature by converting calory-rich nutrients into heat. This protects from gaining excess weight and metabolic disorders. An ...

Long-Term Exercisers Have 'Healthier' Belly Fat

Sep. 10, 2024 — People with obesity who are long-time exercisers have healthier belly fat tissue and can store fat there more effectively than nonexercisers with obesity, according to a new ...

Low-Impact Yoga and Exercise Found to Help Older Women Manage Urinary Incontinence

Sep. 6, 2024 — New research finds that 12 weeks of low-impact exercise classes reduced daily episodes of urinary incontinence by more than ...

Travel Could Be the Best Defense Against Aging

Sep. 5, 2024 — Forget about retinol night creams, researchers believe travel could be the best way to defy premature aging. An interdisciplinary study has applied the theory of entropy to tourism, finding that ...

New Study Provides Insight to Why COVID Vaccines Hit Some Harder Than Others

Sep. 4, 2024 — Researchers published a paper highlighting factors that may explain why some people perceived more side effects than others including stress, exercise, and use of hormonal birth ...