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What is the relationship between weightlifting and all-cause mortality?

A recent study investigated the relationship between weightlifting and all-cause mortality, especially death due to cardiovascular disease and cancer.

29 Sep 2022

Study explores the role of air pollution on the trajectory of stroke

Air pollution has been widely associated with an increased risk of stroke. A new study looks at the role of air pollution on the trajectory of stroke, including cardiovascular events after first stroke and death.

28 Sep 2022

Weight loss can bring long-term health benefits for individuals with obesity, but not for lean people

Intentionally losing weight can bring long-term health benefits for individuals with obesity, regardless of the method or strategy they use, according to a study of almost 200,000 people.

27 Sep 2022

Cardiac inflammation after mild COVID-19 in previously healthy people

A new study published in the journal Nature Medicine aimed to analyze the association of lingering cardiac symptoms with mild COVID-19.

27 Sep 2022

New research model enables scientists to test therapeutics for rare neurodegenerative diseases

For the first time, scientists will be able to test therapeutics for a group of rare neurodegenerative diseases that affect infants and young children thanks to a new research model created by scientists at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

26 Sep 2022

New approach provides better understanding of atherosclerosis in the leg arteries

Cardiovascular experts at UVA Health have found a new way to track peripheral artery disease (PAD), a serious medical condition involving atherosclerosis in the leg arteries that affects more than 200 million people worldwide.

26 Sep 2022

Prevention of cardiovascular disease is important in cancer patients

With the increasing number of cancer survivors, the medical community is becoming increasingly aware of a hitherto less noticed health risk: cancer therapy-related cardiovascular disease.

26 Sep 2022

Review: Cold water swimming may cut 'bad' body fat in men and reduce the risk of diabetes

Taking a dip in cold water may cut 'bad' body fat in men and reduce the risk of disorders such as diabetes, suggests a major scientific review published in the peer-reviewed International Journal of Circumpolar Health.

23 Sep 2022

Low-cost sensors embedded into t-shirts and face masks to monitor breathing, heart rate

Imperial researchers have embedded new low-cost sensors that monitor breathing, heart rate, and ammonia into t-shirts and face masks.

23 Sep 2022

Keys to maintaining good brain health

Your brain is pretty fabulous. Around 100 billion nerve cells work together to keep you nimble and quick in your thinking.

22 Sep 2022

Researchers receive $3.4 million NIH grant to assess soccer's tradeoffs with respect to brain health

More than 25 million Americans play soccer, the world's most popular sport. Soccer significantly benefits brain health by boosting aerobic capacity and oxygen and blood flow to the brain, but it also has a downside: Recent studies show that highly repetitive heading of the ball is associated with structural brain changes and worse cognitive performance similar to brain damage caused by concussion.

22 Sep 2022

Better physical fitness reduces frailty risk in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Increased levels of exercise could help reduce frailty in patients with the most common form of leukemia, chronic lymphocytic (CLL), according to new research from the University of Surrey.

21 Sep 2022

Metabolic differences between early birds and night owls could help predict diabetes, heart disease risk

Are you an early bird or a night owl? Our activity patterns and sleep cycles could influence our risk of diseases, such as type 2 diabetes and heart disease.

21 Sep 2022

Large clinical trial compares four drugs commonly used to treat type 2 diabetes

In a large clinical trial that directly compared four drugs commonly used to treat type 2 diabetes, researchers found that insulin glargine and liraglutide performed the best of four medications approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to maintain blood glucose levels in the recommended range.

21 Sep 2022

Mutation in newly discovered small protein linked to increase in Alzheimer's disease risk

A mutation in a newly discovered small protein is connected to a significant increase in the risk for Alzheimer's disease, expanding the known gene targets for the disease and presenting a new potential avenue for treatment, according to a new USC study.

21 Sep 2022

Exercise News and Research

Latest Exercise News and Research

What is the relationship between weightlifting and all-cause mortality?

Study explores the role of air pollution on the trajectory of stroke

Weight loss can bring long-term health benefits for individuals with obesity, but not for lean people

Cardiac inflammation after mild COVID-19 in previously healthy people

New research model enables scientists to test therapeutics for rare neurodegenerative diseases

New approach provides better understanding of atherosclerosis in the leg arteries

Prevention of cardiovascular disease is important in cancer patients

Review: Cold water swimming may cut 'bad' body fat in men and reduce the risk of diabetes

Low-cost sensors embedded into t-shirts and face masks to monitor breathing, heart rate

Keys to maintaining good brain health

Researchers receive $3.4 million NIH grant to assess soccer's tradeoffs with respect to brain health

Better physical fitness reduces frailty risk in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Metabolic differences between early birds and night owls could help predict diabetes, heart disease risk

Large clinical trial compares four drugs commonly used to treat type 2 diabetes

Mutation in newly discovered small protein linked to increase in Alzheimer's disease risk

Early risers may have lower risk of diabetes and heart disease than late risers

Healthy people with high cholesterol don't stand to benefit from statins, research says

UC San Diego team receives $1.2 million to create a novel system to study chronic low back pain

Majority of adolescents are self-conscious about their appearance, new poll suggests

Clearing pollution helps clear the fog of aging — and may cut the risk of dementia

Small solutions for big problems in drug discovery and delivery

Professor Nancy Ip: Pioneering New Paths in Neurodegenerative Therapy

Utilizing process Raman in optimizing cultivated meat production

Exercise News and Research

Latest Exercise News and Research

Small solutions for big problems in drug discovery and delivery

Professor Nancy Ip: Pioneering New Paths in Neurodegenerative Therapy

Utilizing process Raman in optimizing cultivated meat production

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