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September 20, 2024

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Brown Fat: How Cells Generate Heat by Burning Calories

Sep. 16, 2024 — Special fat cells known as brown adipocytes help maintaining body temperature by converting calory-rich nutrients into heat. This protects from gaining excess weight and metabolic disorders. An international team of researchers has deciphered a new ...

Long-Term Exercisers Have 'Healthier' Belly Fat

Sep. 10, 2024 — People with obesity who are long-time exercisers have healthier belly fat tissue and can store fat there more effectively than nonexercisers with obesity, according to a new ...

Low-Impact Yoga and Exercise Found to Help Older Women Manage Urinary Incontinence

Sep. 6, 2024 — New research finds that 12 weeks of low-impact exercise classes reduced daily episodes of urinary incontinence by more than ...

Can Technology Turn Exercise Pain Into Pleasure?

Sep. 3, 2024 — Most exercisers stop 'exer-gaming' when the program gets too tough or dull -- could sensors that tune into a person's emotional state reverse low ...

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Sep. 17, 2024 — Sport-related stress may contribute to some NCAA Division One swimmers and runners failing to consume enough calories to fuel their ...

Travel Could Be the Best Defense Against Aging

Sep. 5, 2024 — Forget about retinol night creams, researchers believe travel could be the best way to defy premature aging. An interdisciplinary study has applied the theory of entropy to tourism, finding that ...

Short-Duration, Light-Intensity Exercises Improve Cerebral Blood Flow in Children

Aug. 26, 2024 — Enhancing prefrontal cortex (PFC) cognitive functions requires identifying suitable exercises that increase cerebral blood flow. A recent study using ...

It Only Takes 15 Minutes to Change Your Health

Aug. 20, 2024 — Corporate Cup, lunchtime yoga, or even 'walk and talks', organizations come up with all sorts of wellness initiatives to encourage people to be more active in the workplace. But before you duck and ...

Study Reveals Best Exercise for Type-1 Diabetes Patients

Aug. 21, 2024 — A new study has revealed the best types of exercise for patients with type-1 ...

Weight-Loss Success Depends on Eating More Protein, Fiber While Limiting Calories

Aug. 19, 2024 — Flexibility and personalization were key in optimizing dieters' weight-loss success on the Individualized Diet Improvement Program, created by food ...

Beige Fat Cells With a 'Sisyphus Mechanism'

Aug. 14, 2024 — A new class of fat cells makes people healthier. The cells consume energy and produce heat through seemingly pointless biochemical ...

Swipe Up! Health Apps Deliver Real Results En Masse

Aug. 13, 2024 — They're the little digital tools you can download in a few seconds, but despite their literal size, health and fitness apps pack a real punch when it comes to getting results, say ...

Short, Intense Bursts of Exercise More Effective After Stroke Than Steady, Moderate Exercise

Aug. 8, 2024 — Significant improvements in aerobic fitness were noted after 12 weeks of high-intensity interval training sessions compared to traditional, moderate ...

Cutting a Few Calories Won't Hurt Your Workout

Aug. 9, 2024 — A new study demonstrates that calorie restriction doesn't deter mice from exercising, challenging the belief that dieting drains workout ...

New Study Provides Insight to Why COVID Vaccines Hit Some Harder Than Others

Sep. 4, 2024 — Researchers published a paper highlighting factors that may explain why some people perceived more side effects than others including stress, exercise, and use of hormonal birth ...

NK Cells Expressing Interleukin-21 Show Promising Antitumor Activity in Glioblastoma Cells

Aug. 12, 2024 — Natural killer (NK) cells engineered to express interleukin-21 (IL-21) demonstrated sustained antitumor activity against glioblastoma stem cell-like cells (GSCs) both in vitro and in vivo, according ...

Type 2 Diabetes Can Be Prevented by Diet and Exercise Even in Individuals With a High Genetic Risk

Aug. 7, 2024 — A new study shows that a healthy diet and regular exercise reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes even in individuals with a high genetic risk. In other words, everyone benefits from lifestyle changes, ...

Ketogenic Diet May Reduce Friendly Gut Bacteria and Raise Cholesterol Levels

Aug. 6, 2024 — A study reveals that ketogenic low-carbohydrate diets can increase cholesterol levels and reduce beneficial gut bacteria, specifically ...

Sport or Snack? How Our Brain Decides

Aug. 6, 2024 — The brain chemical orexin is crucial when we choose between sport and the tasty temptations that beckon everywhere we turn. This research finding could also help people who find it difficult to ...

For Bigger Muscles Push Close to Failure, for Strength, Maybe Not

July 31, 2024 — When lifting weights, do you wonder how pushing yourself to the point of failure -- where you can't do another rep -- impacts your results? New research finds that if you're aiming for ...

Research Suggests Controversial Super Spikes Do Make Runners Faster

July 30, 2024 — Since athletes in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics smashed multiple records in track and field, running enthusiasts and exercise physiologists have speculated on what role new-generation high-tech running ...

New Clues Point Towards How Exercise Reduces Symptoms of Depression

July 29, 2024 — The processes in the brain and body through which physical exercise reduces depressive symptoms have been ...

Physical Training Improves Quality of Life in Advanced Breast Cancer

July 25, 2024 — Targeted physical training can improve the quality of life of patients with metastatic breast cancer and alleviate fatigue. This is shown by an international randomized multicenter study. In the ...

Physical Activity Improves Early With Customized Text Messages in Patients With Heart Problems

July 24, 2024 — Personalized text messages effectively promoted increased physical activity for patients after significant heart events -- such as a heart attack or surgery -- but those effects later diminished. ...

Does the Onset of Daylight Saving Time Lead to an Unhealthy Lifestyle?

July 23, 2024 — Consumers' attitudes and health behaviors respond negatively to the switch to daylight saving ...

Breakthrough in Skeletal Muscle Regeneration

July 22, 2024 — In a finding that opens the door to the development of targeted therapies for various muscle disorders, newly published research identifies key mechanisms of skeletal muscle regeneration and growth ...

Evening Activity for Better Sleep

July 16, 2024 — Rigorous exercise before bed has long been discouraged, but researchers have now found short bursts of light activity can lead to better ...

How a Gene for Obesity Affects the Brain

July 15, 2024 — Researchers reveal how a gene called SH2B1 works in the brain to regulate food ...

Widespread Practice Among Athletes Harms Both Performance and Health

July 15, 2024 — Drastically cutting back on caloric intake to lose weight ahead of competition is commonplace among athletes. However, this type of 'dieting' doesn't just diminish performances, it can ...

Same Workout, Different Weight Loss: Signal Molecule Versions Are Key

July 11, 2024 — Some people lose weight slower than others after workouts, and a research team found a reason. They studied what happens to mice that cannot produce signal molecules that respond specifically to ...

Exercise Brain Boost Can Last for Years

July 10, 2024 — A longitudinal study has found that high-intensity interval exercise improves brain function in older adults for up to 5 ...

Already 30 Minutes of Exercise Increases the Proportion of Tumor-Killing White Blood Cells in Blood

July 3, 2024 — A new study shows that already a 30-minute exercise can increase the proportion of tumor-killing white blood cells in the bloodstream of breast cancer ...

Physical Exercise Prevents Nerve Damage During Chemotherapy

July 1, 2024 — Cancer treatments often cause nerve damage that can lead to long-lasting symptoms. Medication has proven ineffective in these cases. A sports scientist together with an interdisciplinary team from ...

Scientists Turn White Fat Cells Into Calorie-Burning Beige Fat

July 1, 2024 — Researchers have figured out how to turn ordinary white fat cells, which store calories, into beige fat cells that burn calories to maintain body ...