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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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MAY 24, 2015Health & Medicine
Obesity has long been a global epidemic with an estimated 2.8 million people dying each year from associated complicatio ...Written By: Jennifer EllisMAY 18, 2015Neuroscience
In the course of his neurocriminology research, Adrian Raine of the University of Pennsylvania investigates the interpla ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 11, 2015Technology
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Functional elegance in a name is not more perfectly illustrated than by the humble QWERTY keyboard. Dating to 1873, the ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 05, 2015Neuroscience
A new study has unveiled an interesting paradox in our late-night snacking habits. It turns out the nachos with beer or ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 01, 2015Health & Medicine
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The foot-tapping, leg-swinging and chair-scooting movements of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (A ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 15, 2015Neuroscience
The brain gets bigger with physical exercise, according to two recent studies.
If borne out in later work, th ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 13, 2015Health & Medicine
A new study has found that people who engage in three to five times the recommended minimum level of leisure-time physic ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 08, 2015Health & Medicine
While some people say that the family that plays together stays together, new research has indicated that the couple tha ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 07, 2015Health & Medicine
University of Montana researchers have good news for endurance athletes hankering for a burger and fries after an intens ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 03, 2015Earth & The Environment
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French prosecutors have reported that first officer Andreas Lubitz appeared to want to destroy the aircraft carrying 149 ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 27, 2015Space & Astronomy
Astronaut Scott Kelly will be spending a year on the International Space Station to study the effects of long-duration s ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopMAR 24, 2015Neuroscience
Milk has long been associated with healthy bones, but a new study from the University of Kansas Medical Center might hav ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 19, 2015Cancer
UCLA researchers have developed a program that could improve the day-to-day lives of women with breast cancer by address ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 18, 2015Neuroscience
The Holy Grail in any progressive disease is to find it early enough to start effective treatment before irreversible da ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 17, 2015Earth & The Environment
A controversial canal that would connect the Pacific and Atlantic oceans across Nicaragua has environmental scientists c ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 16, 2015Cardiology
Patients with symptoms of heart disease have similar outcomes in terms of death and major cardiac conditions regardless ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 13, 2015Health & Medicine
A recent study of the association between vegetarian dietary patterns and colorectal cancers has concluded that ve ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAR 11, 2015Health & Medicine
Cardiologists can now estimate your risk of dying in the next 10 years based solely on how well you keep moving on an ac ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 10, 2015Neuroscience
Participating in an 8-week mindfulness meditation program appears to make measurable changes in brain regions associated ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 08, 2015Cardiology
According to an article in The Independent, a new study has found that for each hour a day that an adult spends sitting ...Written By: Robert WoodardFEB 06, 2015Cardiology
While Twitter is known as an easy, direct and immediate way for people to share what's on their minds, researchers from ...Written By: Ilene Schneider
MAY 24, 2015
Health & Medicine
Obesity has long been a global epidemic with an estimated 2.8 million people dying each year from associated complicatio
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
MAY 18, 2015
Neuroscience
In the course of his neurocriminology research, Adrian Raine of the University of Pennsylvania investigates the interpla
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAY 11, 2015
Technology
Much has been said about the human capacity to bond. John Bowlby's attachment theory is based on our primal need to bond
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAY 08, 2015
Technology
Functional elegance in a name is not more perfectly illustrated than by the humble QWERTY keyboard. Dating to 1873, the
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAY 05, 2015
Neuroscience
A new study has unveiled an interesting paradox in our late-night snacking habits. It turns out the nachos with beer or
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAY 01, 2015
Health & Medicine
Might as well turn your chair into a coffin. That's been the conclusion of new research into the cardiological implicati
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 19, 2015
Neuroscience
The foot-tapping, leg-swinging and chair-scooting movements of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (A
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 15, 2015
Neuroscience
The brain gets bigger with physical exercise, according to two recent studies.
If borne out in later work, th ...
If borne out in later work, th ...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 13, 2015
Health & Medicine
A new study has found that people who engage in three to five times the recommended minimum level of leisure-time physic
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 08, 2015
Health & Medicine
While some people say that the family that plays together stays together, new research has indicated that the couple tha
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 07, 2015
Health & Medicine
University of Montana researchers have good news for endurance athletes hankering for a burger and fries after an intens
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 03, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Farmers who are considering selling corn residue from their fields to produce cellulosic ethanol first should weigh a ra
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 30, 2015
Neuroscience
French prosecutors have reported that first officer Andreas Lubitz appeared to want to destroy the aircraft carrying 149
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 27, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Astronaut Scott Kelly will be spending a year on the International Space Station to study the effects of long-duration s
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
MAR 24, 2015
Neuroscience
Milk has long been associated with healthy bones, but a new study from the University of Kansas Medical Center might hav
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 19, 2015
Cancer
UCLA researchers have developed a program that could improve the day-to-day lives of women with breast cancer by address
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 18, 2015
Neuroscience
The Holy Grail in any progressive disease is to find it early enough to start effective treatment before irreversible da
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 17, 2015
Earth & The Environment
A controversial canal that would connect the Pacific and Atlantic oceans across Nicaragua has environmental scientists c
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 16, 2015
Cardiology
Patients with symptoms of heart disease have similar outcomes in terms of death and major cardiac conditions regardless
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 13, 2015
Health & Medicine
A recent study of the association between vegetarian dietary patterns and colorectal cancers has concluded that ve ...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 11, 2015
Health & Medicine
Cardiologists can now estimate your risk of dying in the next 10 years based solely on how well you keep moving on an ac
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 10, 2015
Neuroscience
Participating in an 8-week mindfulness meditation program appears to make measurable changes in brain regions associated
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 08, 2015
Cardiology
According to an article in The Independent, a new study has found that for each hour a day that an adult spends sitting
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
FEB 06, 2015
Cardiology
While Twitter is known as an easy, direct and immediate way for people to share what's on their minds, researchers from
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider