Morning exercise tied to larger cuts in CVD risk
Physical activity in the morning is associated with lowering the risk for cardiovascular disease, irrespective of the average total physical activity, according to a Dutch…
Tag: Exercise
Is a weekly intense workout best for muscle strength?
Perth study compares shorter regular bouts of exercises with less frequent longer sessions.
Weekend-only exercise ‘as healthy as regular sessions’
A large study shows physical activity at recommended levels reduces mortality even if it is just a burst at the weekend.
Managing chronic kidney disease with physical activity
Alan is a 58-year-old courier driver who has chronic kidney disease. His medical history includes type 2 diabetes (diagnosed in 2009), low back pain, obesity…
Older soccer players ’embarrassed’ to seek help with cardiac pain
Players lack confidence in recognising warning symptoms and tend to put off seeking medical advice, researchers find.
Exercise in pregnancy: A closer look at the new guidelines
With the support of newly published guidelines, encourage women to engage in regular physical activity during pregnancy and beyond.
Let’s be honest, is cricket really useful exercise?
Testing times as researchers promote health benefits of Twenty20 over one-day matches.
Central obesity: Tai chi ‘as effective as conventional exercise’
Trial in over-50s shows modest improvements in several parameters, researchers report.
Patients with peripheral artery disease ‘underestimate walking progress’
Self-reported improvement after exercise programs tends to fall short of objective data, researchers say.
Which treatment is best for intermittent claudication?
Australian doctors have carried out a network meta-analysis to compare four different approaches to therapy.
