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Exercise
Exercise is physical activity that is planned, structured, and repetitive for the purpose of conditioning any part of the body.Exercise is used to improve health, maintain fitness and is important as a means of physical rehabilitation. Exercise is useful in preventing or treating coronary heart disease, osteoporosis, weakness, diabetes, obesity, and depression. Range of motion is one aspect of exercise important for increasing or maintaining joint function. Strengthening exercises provide appropriate resistance to the muscles to increase endurance and strength.
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JUL 28, 2017Health & Medicine
Individuals with type 1 diabetes are more likely to die from cardiovascular disease than other other condition. But diab ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 24, 2017Videos
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Recent studies have pretty much debunked the myth that obesity can be tied to health and fitness. That is, being “ ...MAY 25, 2017Videos
It's hardly breaking news that living a healthy lifestyle with a good diet and plenty of exercise will pay off in dozens ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 22, 2017Videos
Doing cardio workouts on a regular basis is a great way to keep your body in shape and to encourage good cardiovascular ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 18, 2017Technology
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You know that feeling - like a knife being wound in between your ribs? It's painful and makes it hard to breathe and in ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 03, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Not every organ in our body ages at the same rate. How young or old an organ is, relative to our chronological age, coul ...APR 24, 2017Health & Medicine
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Imagine an online tool that takes into account your age, weight, gender, race, and other specific factors to calculate a ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 26, 2017Cancer
We’ve been repeatedly told the gospel of exercise, but researchers are now suspecting a molecule released during h ...MAR 17, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
People that are diagnosed with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, or HCM are often told to stop participating in competitive s ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 13, 2017Cancer
Research has shown that patients with advanced gastrointestinal cancer can use walking or jogging to ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 11, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
It has been known that a natural compound called resveratrol is likely beneficial to human health; new research has adde ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
JUL 28, 2017
Health & Medicine
Individuals with type 1 diabetes are more likely to die from cardiovascular disease than other other condition. But diab
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 24, 2017
Videos
Now that we're past the mid-year mark, how many people are still sticking to the exercise regimen that they had planned
...
JUL 14, 2017
Videos
People are living longer today than ever, with many easily surpassing the big 100-year mark. With the help of modern hea
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 28, 2017
Cardiology
The community of cells that make up the heart muscle tissues have a response to the stress the wears down the hea
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 28, 2017
Neuroscience
It seems wearable tech items are everywhere. Smartwatches with apps and phone service, activity trackers that monitor ex
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 25, 2017
Videos
Epigenetics refers to the study of the changes in organisms caused by modifications of gene expressions, instead of chan
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 31, 2017
Neuroscience
Is your brain making you fat? Well, not exactly. A healthy diet without a lot of fat and sugar is a good idea, however,
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 26, 2017
Cancer
Recent studies have pretty much debunked the myth that obesity can be tied to health and fitness. That is, being “
...
MAY 25, 2017
Videos
It's hardly breaking news that living a healthy lifestyle with a good diet and plenty of exercise will pay off in dozens
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 22, 2017
Videos
Doing cardio workouts on a regular basis is a great way to keep your body in shape and to encourage good cardiovascular
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 18, 2017
Technology
Besides seeing the Earth from high above the surface and experiencing the weightlessness feeling of microgravity, one of
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 12, 2017
Health & Medicine
Whether it’s an elderly person with heart failure or an astronaut scheduled for a long-duration spaceflight to Mar
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 05, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Is it possible to bypass countless hours of endurance training by popping a stamina pill? Recent research in mouse studi
...
MAY 04, 2017
Videos
You know that feeling - like a knife being wound in between your ribs? It's painful and makes it hard to breathe and in
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 03, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Not every organ in our body ages at the same rate. How young or old an organ is, relative to our chronological age, coul
...
APR 24, 2017
Health & Medicine
As people with hearing loss work to improve their speech recognition, a familiar voice may work better than a generic on
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 12, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
It's known that the amount of inflammation-related molecules in the blood increases and becomes a strong risk factor for
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 07, 2017
Cardiology
It comes to no surprise that the extreme temperatures and and labor experienced by firefighters take a toll on their car
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 03, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
A 73-year-old woman and her doctors are crediting the FitBit to saving her from life-threatening blood clots in her lung
...
MAR 30, 2017
Cardiology
Imagine an online tool that takes into account your age, weight, gender, race, and other specific factors to calculate a
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 26, 2017
Cancer
We’ve been repeatedly told the gospel of exercise, but researchers are now suspecting a molecule released during h
...
MAR 17, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
People that are diagnosed with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, or HCM are often told to stop participating in competitive s
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 13, 2017
Cancer
Research has shown that patients with advanced gastrointestinal cancer can use walking or jogging to
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 11, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
It has been known that a natural compound called resveratrol is likely beneficial to human health; new research has adde
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch