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Based on nearly 3,900 men and women over age 60 in Stockholm, the study adds to evidence suggesting that just sitting around may be actively harmful, researchers say. "We have known for 60 years that physical activity is important for the heart," sa...

Based on nearly 3,900 men and women over age 60 in...

Based on health data for 500 unrelated black men over age 20 enrolled in the Howard University Family Study, researchers found those who had lived with one parent rather than two as children had higher average blood pressure readings. The men who ha...

Based on health data for 500 unrelated black men o...

Researchers who reviewed past studies found that even heavy people who didn't have high blood pressure or diabetes, for instance, had more heart attacks and strokes over time than healthy normal-weight people. That runs contrary to the results of so...

Researchers who reviewed past studies found that e...

About 75 percent of corneal transplants from donors between ages 34 and 71 were successful after 10 years. The findings may lead to more donor tissue becoming available both for transplants in the U.S. and export of corneas to other countries, accord...

About 75 percent of corneal transplants from donor...

Canadian researchers followed more than 1,000 patients for five years and found those who experienced multiple episodes of low-level depression were nearly three times more likely than those without depression to have greater disability, such as redu...

Canadian researchers followed more than 1,000 pati...

Researchers found people who were in their 80s when they took thinking and memory tests in the late 2000s performed similarly to others who were tested more than 10 years earlier while in their 70s. General health in old age is probably improving fo...

Researchers found people who were in their 80s whe...

The good news is, most consumers who do read calorie counts take them into consideration when deciding what to order. "Restaurant food tends to have many more calories than people realize, and many more calories than if the same food is cooked at ho...

The good news is, most consumers who do read calor...

About half of the 153 volunteers in the study visited a doctor or hospital during their stay. In comparison, only about eight to 10 percent of tourists in South America, Africa and Asia seek local medical attention, according to past research. "The ...

About half of the 153 volunteers in the study visi...

Researchers found adolescents tended to be worse off if they played sports for only a couple of hours per week, or if they practiced close to three hours each day or more. "Overtraining has not only a well-known impact on the body, but also on the b...

Researchers found adolescents tended to be worse o...

A series of studies has suggested air pollution may be harmful during pregnancy, but the issue remains unresolved. "We had an opportunity to use a unique data resource in New York City that was designed to estimate exposure throughout the city, whic...

A series of studies has suggested air pollution ma...

The study sheds light on the question of whether the slower mental and physical decline seen among active seniors extends to former couch potatoes who begin exercising later in life. "Regular physical activity in older age is important to remain hea...

The study sheds light on the question of whether t...

The findings could have implications for millions of people who take vitamin D pills and other supplements to ward off illness - Americans spend an estimated $600 million a year on them alone. Vitamin D, sometimes known as the "sunshine vitamin" is ...

The findings could have implications for millions ...

"We were surprised by how difficult it was to reduce sedentary time and that no one approach seemed better than the other approaches," Leon Straker said. He worked on the study at Curtin University in Perth, Australia. Lots of attention has been pai...

"We were surprised by how difficult it was to redu...

"Childhood obesity is a serious public health issue in developed and in developing countries and we need to set the course as early as possible," Hannah Ewald told Reuters Health in an email. Ewald, the study's lead author, is a researcher at Warwic...

"Childhood obesity is a serious public health issu...

Trouble with balance, weak lower limbs and poor neck flexibility were among the attributes Australian researchers linked to a higher risk of less-safe driving in The Journals of Gerontology: Series A. "Although there has been a lot of research on th...

Trouble with balance, weak lower limbs and poor ne...

If you sit in front of a desk all day, chances are you’ve experienced lower back pain. According to the National Institutes of Health, it occurs most often between ages 30 and 50 thanks to the aging process and increasingly sedentary life styles. Alt...

If you sit in front of a desk all day, chances are...

Working with a personal trainer can be the key to crushing your fitness goals—provided you choose the right one. If you’re working with a trainer and aren’t seeing results or feel like your voice isn’t being heard, it may be time to seek out th...

Working with a personal trainer can be the key to ...

When you’re in the zone during an intense HIIT workout, you may find it challenging to keep an eye on the clock. And the more time you spend trying to figure out how long you’ve been exercising and resting, the less energy you’re able to devote to ma...

When you’re in the zone during an intense HIIT wor...

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Millions of CrossFit fanatics around the world—nearly 10 million to be exact—profess the body benefits of the trendy high-intensity training program, and a new study commissioned by the American Council on Exercise put some science behind...

Millions of CrossFit fanatics around the world&mda...

1. Focus on form It’s more important to get your technique right than to bang out all the reps of an exercise. Form—the correct movement for each exercise—is very important during strength training. Poor form isn’t just ineffective, it c...

1. Focus on form It’s more important to get your ...