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Fitness: The term "fitness" is an all-encompassing term that describes a set of physical attributes needed to perform a person's tasks in a safe and healthy manner. This can include but is not limited to three general domains of fitness: the Health Domain, the Skilled Domain, and The Sports Related Domain. This blog will focus on describing the characteristics of the Health Domain. The Health Domain contains such elements as appropriate body weight, cardiovascular health, muscle flexibility, muscle endurance, and, muscle strength.
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APR 11, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
Your toilet could soon play a big part in keeping you healthy, thanks to a new “smart toilet” technology dev ...Written By: Tara FernandesAPR 08, 2020Cancer
New research published in Cancer Discovery suggests that manipulating the pH of pancreatic cancer cells can deter cell g ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 06, 2020Plants & Animals
Rare giant snails are quite literally both rare and giant. These creatures can grow to the size of a human fist, and onl ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 05, 2020Space & Astronomy
NASA engineers have been racing against the clock to finish building the Perseverance rover in time for the opportunisti ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 03, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Less than a millisecond after a cell is stretched out, genes are activated, which will result in the production of prote ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 29, 2020Plants & Animals
When it comes to wild cats, much of the spotlight gets put on nature’s largest and most fearsome, such as the lion ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 26, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have discovered something very unusual about a protein that is thought to be important to the development of ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 25, 2020Cardiology
For those used to working out at a gym, the current circumstances requiring us all to remain isolated as much as possibl ...Written By: Abbie ArceMAR 24, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Liquid biopsies often need to make many copies of RNA or DNA before they are detectable. New research aims to change tha ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 22, 2020Plants & Animals
As a general rule of thumb, most of the world’s wild animals keep their instinctual mating practices within their ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 21, 2020Technology
Mutations in bacteria or even cancer cells can make them resistant to drug treatments—that means they no longer re ...Written By: Nouran AminMAR 20, 2020Cardiology
The thought of starting an exercise program can be daunting, particularly for those who have been diagnosed with chronic ...Written By: Abbie ArceMAR 16, 2020Genetics & Genomics
The genetic material from a sperm and an egg merges to form a new human genome, and now we know more details about the p ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 11, 2020Cannabis Sciences
As cannabis is becoming more and more popular in the US and beyond, more and more attention is being directed to its lon ...Written By: Annie LennonMAR 08, 2020Space & Astronomy
The Mars 2020 rover has been a popular topic of discussion over the past several years, but it has remained rather consp ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 08, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Cells have to store the entire genome in the nucleus, and this lengthy DNA molecule has to be carefully packaged by prot ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 04, 2020Technology
Artificial intelligence (AI) has long been used for applications in healthcare and now it holds the potential to improve ...Written By: Nouran AminMAR 03, 2020Chemistry & Physics
Fluorocarbon rubber is a popular choice for use in aircraft and auto engines. It is a material with high resistance to c ...Written By: Globex IT SolutionsMAR 02, 2020Plants & Animals
If you were to take to the streets and poll random people about what a bullfrog likes to eat, chances are most would ans ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 24, 2020Earth & The Environment
Okay, here’s the plan, listen up: Conserve a minimum of 26% of our oceans in order to maintain marine biodiversity ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanFEB 21, 2020Cardiology
Longer sitting times has been associated with a higher risk of developing heart disease among overweight and obese women ...Written By: Annie LennonJAN 26, 2020Microbiology
Protists don't fit neatly into any other category of organism; they are eukaryotes, but they are not a plant, fungi or a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 25, 2020Neuroscience
There are a few cardinal rules when it comes to goal-setting, and you've probably heard them all before. Goals will ...Written By: Amanda MikyskaJAN 20, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Protein-coding genes only make up a small part of the genome. Much of the rest may contain long, non-coding RNA sequence ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
APR 11, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
Your toilet could soon play a big part in keeping you healthy, thanks to a new “smart toilet” technology dev
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
APR 08, 2020
Cancer
New research published in Cancer Discovery suggests that manipulating the pH of pancreatic cancer cells can deter cell g
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 06, 2020
Plants & Animals
Rare giant snails are quite literally both rare and giant. These creatures can grow to the size of a human fist, and onl
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 05, 2020
Space & Astronomy
NASA engineers have been racing against the clock to finish building the Perseverance rover in time for the opportunisti
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 03, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Less than a millisecond after a cell is stretched out, genes are activated, which will result in the production of prote
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 29, 2020
Plants & Animals
When it comes to wild cats, much of the spotlight gets put on nature’s largest and most fearsome, such as the lion
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 26, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have discovered something very unusual about a protein that is thought to be important to the development of
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 25, 2020
Cardiology
For those used to working out at a gym, the current circumstances requiring us all to remain isolated as much as possibl
...
Written By:
Abbie Arce
MAR 24, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Liquid biopsies often need to make many copies of RNA or DNA before they are detectable. New research aims to change tha
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 22, 2020
Plants & Animals
As a general rule of thumb, most of the world’s wild animals keep their instinctual mating practices within their
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 21, 2020
Technology
Mutations in bacteria or even cancer cells can make them resistant to drug treatments—that means they no longer re
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
MAR 20, 2020
Cardiology
The thought of starting an exercise program can be daunting, particularly for those who have been diagnosed with chronic
...
Written By:
Abbie Arce
MAR 16, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
The genetic material from a sperm and an egg merges to form a new human genome, and now we know more details about the p
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 11, 2020
Cannabis Sciences
As cannabis is becoming more and more popular in the US and beyond, more and more attention is being directed to its lon
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAR 08, 2020
Space & Astronomy
The Mars 2020 rover has been a popular topic of discussion over the past several years, but it has remained rather consp
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 08, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Cells have to store the entire genome in the nucleus, and this lengthy DNA molecule has to be carefully packaged by prot
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 04, 2020
Technology
Artificial intelligence (AI) has long been used for applications in healthcare and now it holds the potential to improve
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
MAR 03, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
Fluorocarbon rubber is a popular choice for use in aircraft and auto engines. It is a material with high resistance to c
...
Written By:
Globex IT Solutions
MAR 02, 2020
Plants & Animals
If you were to take to the streets and poll random people about what a bullfrog likes to eat, chances are most would ans
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 24, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Okay, here’s the plan, listen up: Conserve a minimum of 26% of our oceans in order to maintain marine biodiversity
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 21, 2020
Cardiology
Longer sitting times has been associated with a higher risk of developing heart disease among overweight and obese women
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JAN 26, 2020
Microbiology
Protists don't fit neatly into any other category of organism; they are eukaryotes, but they are not a plant, fungi or a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 25, 2020
Neuroscience
There are a few cardinal rules when it comes to goal-setting, and you've probably heard them all before. Goals will
...
Written By:
Amanda Mikyska
JAN 20, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Protein-coding genes only make up a small part of the genome. Much of the rest may contain long, non-coding RNA sequence
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch