Articles Tagged With: Exercise
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Dose-Response Relationships Between Exercise, Exercise Intensity, and Mortality
The authors of this review of eight studies with 36,383 participants looked at objective measurements of physical activity, finding a dose-response association between any level of activity and reduced risk of death and between more sedentary time and higher risk of death.
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Power Training Could Benefit Older Patients
Vigorous weight exercises helped those age 60 years and older improve physical function vs. traditional methods.
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Recommendations Regarding Physical Activity to Delay Death
The authors of a large cohort study using objective measurement of exercise intensity reported potentially 110,000 U.S. deaths per year can be prevented by a 10-minute daily increase in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity in adults ages 40-85 years.
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Is Physical Activity Associated with Mortality Risk in Parkinson’s Disease?
In individuals with Parkinson’s disease (PD), physical activity (PA) at all intensities was associated with lower all-cause mortality rates, with the greatest reduction seen in individuals who maintained PA before and after PD diagnosis.
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Is Physical Activity Associated with Mortality Risk in Parkinson’s Disease?
In individuals with Parkinson’s disease (PD), physical activity (PA) at all intensities is associated with reduced all-cause mortality, with the greatest reduction seen in individuals who maintained PA before and after PD diagnosis.
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Healthy Weight Week 2022: A Time to Shape Up
Observed during the third week of January every year since 1994, Healthy Weight Week is a time for Americans to focus on creating proper nutritional habits that can produce long-term benefits.
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Post-Exercise Premature Ventricular Contraction, or Aberrancy?
The ECG in the figure is a post-exercise tracing. There are four wider and slightly early occurring beats in the long lead rhythm strips. Are these beats premature ventricular contractions or premature atrial contractions conducted with aberration?
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Carbohydrates and Insulin Resistance: Pondering Food Quality vs. Quantity
Researchers posit that solving the obesity epidemic is not as simple as eating less and moving more.
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Why Exercise Alone Does Not Result in Fat Loss
To lose body fat, a ketogenic weight loss diet must be combined with exercise.
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Early Physical Rehabilitation in Acutely Hospitalized Heart Failure Patients
A tailored, progressive physical rehabilitation program started in the hospital and continued for three months in older, relatively frail acute heart failure admissions resulted in significantly improved physical function vs. usual care but did not reduce six-month readmission rates.