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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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NOV 21, 2015Videos
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It has been long known that astronauts have to continually exercise while in space to keep their muscles strong. Microgr ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
NOV 21, 2015
Videos
Typically, space equipment goes through a lot of vigorous testing before it's allowed to go up into space for official u
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 18, 2015
Videos
Your body uses the different foods that you consume for different purposes. Among some of the most common are meats and
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 17, 2015
Neuroscience
While it’s well known that exercise has many health benefits for the cardiovascular system, muscles and bone stren
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 16, 2015
Microbiology
Researchers now have a better understanding of how gut microbes contribute to obesity. Mammals have white and bro
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
NOV 12, 2015
Health & Medicine
Aside from making it difficult to fit into pants, sporting a so-called beer belly or mushy middle may actually kill you!
...
NOV 12, 2015
Neuroscience
Children diagnosed with autism often have a very difficult time reading social cues. They are not always able to tell wh
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 07, 2015
Videos
Our society is obsessed with health. We want to feel good and look healthy, but most of us are less inclined have to act
...
NOV 04, 2015
Neuroscience
Video games, online role-playing games and even just some of the board game apps on a smartphone are played by millions
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 15, 2015
Neuroscience
While it might seem like something out of a sci-fi movie, researchers in Toronto conducted brain research by using a hig
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 09, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Mankind has been considering the idea of putting astronauts on Mars for the longest time, but this week, NASA has offici
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 17, 2015
Neuroscience
Contrary to previous thinking, Alzheimer’s disease consists of three distinct subtypes, according to a UCLA study.
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 17, 2015
Cancer
Is there a connection between being overweight and developing a certain kind of brain tumor? Is there yet another reason
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 16, 2015
Neuroscience
An Australian study published in the journal BMC Medicine and reported in Bioscience Technology claims that people
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 11, 2015
Plants & Animals
It’s long been known in the medical community that gardening can have a positive effect on patients dealing with d
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 20, 2015
Infographics
Cancer is a word that can cause devastation simply by being spoken aloud during a doctor’s appointment. So many pe
...
AUG 18, 2015
Plants & Animals
There are two images most people have of bears. One is that of a teddy bear, cuddly, cute and fun to have around. Anothe
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 15, 2015
Neuroscience
Michigan State University researchers have done a study to show that a surprisingly easy but targeted brain game reduces
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 12, 2015
Space & Astronomy
The crew of the International Space station is well into their yearlong mission and lots of experiments are being done e
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 28, 2015
Neuroscience
Brain waves have multiple rhythms that come together as needed but then go back to their own frequencies to address thei
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 03, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Part I of this article, published yesterday, explained how long-term exposure to weightlessness causes some really signi
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
JUL 02, 2015
Space & Astronomy
If you've been following news from the International Space Station, you've probably noticed that extended exposure to we
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
JUN 03, 2015
Neuroscience
Poor sleep may cause the beta-amyloid protein to trigger Alzheimer's disease by attacking the brain's long-term memory,
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 01, 2015
Health & Medicine
It's world milk day today (June 1st, 2015) and to celebrate the common household dairy product, we will be sharing some
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 29, 2015
Space & Astronomy
It has been long known that astronauts have to continually exercise while in space to keep their muscles strong. Microgr
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard