All patients getting cancer treatment should be told to do two and a half hours of physical exercise every week, says a report by Macmillan Cancer Support. Being advised to rest and take it easy after treatment is an outdated view, the charity says. Research shows that exercise can reduce the risk of dying from [...]

ScienceDaily (July 1, 2011) — Winning margins in the Tour de France can be tight — last year just 39 seconds separated the top two riders after more than 90 hours in the saddle. When every second counts, riders do everything possible to gain a competitive advantage — from using aerodynamic carbon fibre bikes to [...]

June 2, 2011 (Denver, Colorado) — Resistance training reduces symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), compared with aerobic exercise or no exercise at all, according to research presented here at the American College of Sports Medicine 58th Annual Meeting.  Patients with GAD tend to be physically inactive, although exercise training has been shown to reduce [...]

Spraining your ankle is no fun, they’re really sore as we all know. And the risk is that if you’ve had one ankle sprain, you’re going to do it again within a year. If you’re a sportsperson, spraining your ankle goes with the territory.  Researchers in the Netherlands wanted to see if they could prevent [...]

NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – Consistent lifelong exercise preserves heart muscle in the elderly to levels that match or even exceed that of healthy young sedentary people, a surprising finding that underscores the value of regular exercise training, according to a new study. The first study to evaluate the effects of varying levels of lifelong exercise [...]

Runners who typically stretch should continue  A controversy about whether one should stretch before or after running, or not at all, has some new ammunition; it’s possible that stretching can neither prevent nor cause injury.  A study presented Thursday Feb 17th at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons in San Diego, concludes [...]

New research suggests that walking at least six miles per week may protect brain size and in turn, preserve memory in old age, according to a study published in the October 13, 2010, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. ________________________________________ “Brain size shrinks in late adulthood, which can [...]

People who take regular exercise could reduce their risk of developing around two dozen physical and mental health conditions – including some cancers and dementia – and slow down how quickly their body deteriorates as they age. An extensive research review, published in the December issue of IJCP, the International Journal of Clinical Practice, says [...]

Studies uphold walking’s benefits Monday, October 25, 2010 By Jack Kelly, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Two studies conclude there are many health benefits to walking. More and more benefits are being found from an exercise that requires no expensive equipment or gym membership and no special training: Walking. Two new studies, including one conducted by University of [...]

When Chris Carver ran an ultra-marathon in Scotland last year, which challenges athletes to run as far as possible within 24 hours, he ran 225 kilometres. Determined to do better in this year’s race, Carver added something extra to his training regime: beetroot juice. For a week before the race, he drank the dark purple [...]