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=====Hearts Get 'Younger,' Even At Middle Age, With Exercise===== | =====Hearts Get 'Younger,' Even At Middle Age, With Exercise===== | ||
=====How Much Exercise Do You Need for Better Heart Health?===== | |||
[https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/17/well/move/exercise-heart-health.html by Gretchen Reynolds 28/12/21 The New York Times] | |||
The large-scale study, which relied on objective data about exercise from more than 90,000 adults, bolsters the growing evidence that almost any amount of physical activity seems to be good for cardiovascular health, with no apparent upper limit to the benefits. | |||
=====Even A Little Exercise Can Help Your Heart===== | =====Even A Little Exercise Can Help Your Heart===== | ||
[https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2011/08/04/138926184/even-a-little-exercise-can-help-your-heart by Nancy Shute 2/8/11 npr] | [https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2011/08/04/138926184/even-a-little-exercise-can-help-your-heart by Nancy Shute 2/8/11 npr] | ||
Revision as of 12:15, 27 July 2025
Hearts Get 'Younger,' Even At Middle Age, With Exercise
How Much Exercise Do You Need for Better Heart Health?
by Gretchen Reynolds 28/12/21 The New York Times
The large-scale study, which relied on objective data about exercise from more than 90,000 adults, bolsters the growing evidence that almost any amount of physical activity seems to be good for cardiovascular health, with no apparent upper limit to the benefits.
Even A Little Exercise Can Help Your Heart
We all know that exercise is good for us, but sometimes it can seem too hard to even detach from the couch.
How exercise may be the ‘most potent medical intervention ever known’
by William Brangham 1/1/25 PBS NEWS
It's been well known for many decades that exercise provides many benefits to our health. But a new scientific consortium is revealing new insights into just how profound exercise can be for the human body. William Brangham discussed more with Euan Ashley, a professor of cardiovascular medicine and genetics at Stanford University and the newly named chair of its department of medicine.
Your muscles keep time too. How circadian rhythms affect your workout and your health
For years, I was an inveterate early morning exerciser — the kind of person you'd spot trudging into the gym just after the doors were unlocked or running through the neighborhood when the coffee shops were still silent.
How to exercise safely in the heat
by Suzette Lohmeyer 11/8/23 npr
Treadmill fatigue is real. That's why when the weather warms up many indoor exercisers are outside faster than you can say manual or hills program.
You can't outrun a bad diet. Food — not lack of exercise — fuels obesity, study finds
Back in the 1800s, obesity was almost nonexistent in the United States. Over the last century, it's become common here and in other industrialized nations, though it remains rare among people who live more traditional lifestyles, such as the Hadza hunter-gatherers of Tanzania.
Exercise Wins: Fit Seniors Can Have Hearts That Look 30 Years Younger
by Patti Neighmond 10/12/18 npr
We know we need to exercise for our health, but a lifelong exercise habit may also help us feel younger and stay stronger well into our senior years. In fact, people in their 70s who have been exercising regularly for decades seem to have put a brake on the aging process, maintaining the heart, lung and muscle fitness of healthy people at least 30 years younger.
Look to exercise to extend life, even for the oldest, study says
by Sandee LaMotte 17/10/22 CNN
Physical activity guidelines for older adults stress doing at least two days of strength training and 2½ hours of moderate to vigorous aerobic physical activity each week. Yet many people downplay muscle strengthening, relying on the heart-pumping benefits of aerobic exercise.
Here’s how exercise alters our brain chemistry – and could prevent dementia
by Emma Charlton 26/1/22 WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM
Exercise helps protect your brain against ageing, according to a new study that adds to the multiple reasons to stay active.
The surprising part of your body that's keeping your brain healthy
by Rachael Bishop 27/6/18 WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM
Groundbreaking research shows that neurological health depends as much on signals sent by the body’s large, leg muscles to the brain as it does on directives from the brain to the muscles. Published in Frontiers in Neuroscience, the study fundamentally alters brain and nervous system medicine — giving doctors new clues as to why patients with motor neuron disease, multiple sclerosis, spinal muscular atrophy and other neurological diseases often rapidly decline when their movement becomes limited.
Exercise 'keeps the mind sharp' in over-50s, study finds
Doing moderate exercise several times a week is the best way to keep the mind sharp if you're over 50, research suggests.
The Health Benefits Of Dancing Go Beyond Exercise And Stress Reducer
by Shankar Vedantam 3/5/16 nrp
What are the health implications of dancing? New social science research shows that dancing in synchrony with others increases people's threshold for dealing with pain.
How Revving Up Your Heart Rate, Even A Bit, Pays Off
Reaching your target heart rate — which is calculated based on your age, gender and resting heart rate — allows you to burn off calories without putting yourself at risk of an injury. And raising your heart rate isn't as hard as you might think.
Six seconds of exercise 'can transform health'
by James Gallagher 27/7/14 BBC
A pilot study involving 12 pensioners showed going all-out in very short bursts, reduced blood pressure and improved general fitness over time.
Early research suggests why exercise is so protective against brain disease
by Madeline Holcombe 27/2/25 CNN
Upping your physical activity level may lower your risk of developing neuropsychiatric diseases such as anxiety, depression and dementia, according to new preliminary research.
Not exercising worse for your health than smoking, diabetes and heart disease, study reveals
“Being unfit on a treadmill or in an exercise stress test has a worse prognosis, as far as death, than being hypertensive, being diabetic or being a current smoker,” Jaber told CNN. “We’ve never seen something as pronounced as this and as objective as this.”
An Enzyme That Increases With Exercise Can Improve Memory In Mice, And Maybe People
Scientists say they've identified an enzyme that could help explain how exercise can slow or even reverse some signs of aging in the brain. "Exercise in a bottle" isn't around the corner, but it's not out of the question either.
I read more than 50 scientific studies about yoga. Here’s what I learned.
Running vs. Walking: Which Is Better for Lasting Health?
by Cindy Kumza 14/11/23 The New York Times
Walking is among the world’s most popular forms of exercise, and far and away the most favored in the United States. And for good reason: It’s simple, accessible and effective. Taking regular walks lowers the risk of many health problems including anxiety, depression, diabetes and some cancers.
Exercising Even A Little Bit Makes It Easier For Smokers To Quit
Smoking is bad. Quitting smoking is hard. But exercising can make quitting easier, and make sliding back into smoking less likely.
Exercise may help you store fat better, new research suggests
by Madeline Holcombe 10/9/24 CNN
“Living a physically active lifestyle, exercising regularly over time, makes our fat tissue a more accommodating place for extra energy under conditions when we do gain weight,” said senior study author Dr. Jeffrey Horowitz, professor of movement studies in the school of kinesiology at the University of Michigan.
You can still get health benefits, even if you don't have a lot of time to exercise
Good morning. I'm Leila Fadel. Ever heard of those productivity challenges - how you can get things done in 10-minute increments? Well, the British Journal of Sports Medicine says if we can just squeeze in 11 minutes of moderate exercise every day to get the heart pumping, we'd cut our health risks by almost a quarter. Now, excuse us while we race up to the seventh floor of NPR headquarters real quick.
You can live up to 10 years longer by doing these 5 things
by Charlotte Edmond 12/2/20 WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM
Do you eat your greens? Get daily exercise? Limit how much alcohol you drink? There are five healthy habits that can help you live up to a decade longer, cutting the risk of cancer, heart problems and diabetes, researchers have found.
Yoga, Pilates, tai chi, qigong — what’s best for me?
by Melanie Radzicki 28/10/22 CNN
Mindfulness and mind-body practices are hot topics today, especially since the Covid-19 pandemic brought with it increased levels of stress and anxiety. In the US, some of the most popular mind-body exercises are yoga, Pilates, qigong and tai chi. These four are all therapies that integrate movement, breathing exercises and meditation to enhance your physical and mental health, self-awareness and spiritual growth.
To Treat Pain, PTSD And Other Ills, Some Vets Try Tai Chi
Every week in Murfreesboro, Tenn., Zibin Guo guides veterans in wheelchairs through slow-motion tai chi poses as a Bluetooth speaker plays soothing instrumental music.
Tai chi, yoga and meditation may help lower high blood pressure ‘in short term’
by Jane Kirby 8/4/25 INDEPENDENT
Relaxation techniques may help lower high blood pressure – at least in the short term, research suggests.
Exercise on the Road: Tai Chi, Yoga and Jiu-Jitsu for Business Travel
by JAHAN MARCU 1/11/24 RollingStone
Traveling for work often presents an endless array of distractions from reaching fitness goals — tight schedules, jet lag, unfamiliar environments. Yet, for those who are committed to staying active, maintaining a workout routine while on the road is not only possible, but it can also be incredibly rewarding. Tai chi, yoga and martial arts like jiu-jitsu provide structured ways to keep both mind and body in shape, no matter where your business travels take you.
The growth of yoga and meditation in the US since 2012 is remarkable
Study Finds Yoga Can Help Back Pain, But Keep It Gentle, With These Poses
New research finds that a yoga class designed specifically for back pain can be as safe and effective as physical therapy in easing pain.
Online yoga classes prove helpful for back pain in new study
Online yoga classes relieved chronic low back pain and slashed the need for pain-relief medications, a new study shows.
Have we reached peak yoga in the U.S.? The CDC wants to know
In the U.S., about 1 out of 6 adults say they practice yoga, according to new survey data published Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
New study reveals the exercises that can help with insomnia
by Storm Newton 17/7/25 INDEPENDENT
Yoga, tai chi, jogging, and even a simple walk could be the most effective forms of exercise to combat the sleep disorder, insomnia, a new study suggests.
For stress reduction, just say ommm
ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Managing the service department of an Atlanta, Georgia, car dealership is a stressful job, according to Debbie Peek.
Fibromyalgia? Try tai chi
Tai chi -- a slow, meditative martial art -- may be an effective alternative, a new study suggests.
A comprehensive guide to the new science of treating lower back pain
Got Back Pain? Try Yoga Or Massage Before Reaching For The Pills
by Patti Neighmond 20/2/17 npr
Most of us suffer back pain at some point in our lives. In fact, it's one of the most common reasons people go to the doctor. Many of us also probably reach for medication. Now, new guidelines from the American College of Physicians say try exercise, yoga, or massage first.
'Few complementary therapies help arthritis'
by Michelle Roberts 9/1/13 BBC
Few complementary therapies appear to help musculoskeletal conditions like arthritis, say experts who have looked at the available trial evidence.
More U.S. children doing yoga, taking sleep supplements
by Ronnie Cohen 26/2/15 Reuters
(Reuters Health) – - A growing number of American children are bending into downward dog and other yoga poses, according to a new report on complementary health practices.
The report analyzed National Health Interview Survey data on practices outside of mainstream medicine and found significantly more kids and teens practicing yoga, tai chi and qi gong in 2012 than in 2007.
Tai chi reduces blood pressure better than aerobic exercise, study finds
Tai chi, a traditional, slow-moving form of Chinese martial art, is known to increase flexibility and improve balance. Now, new research suggests it's better than more vigorous aerobic exercises for lowering blood pressure in people with prehypertension.
Tai chi fights stress, getting popular with Millennials
Standing 6 feet 5 inches tall, Patrick York is a gentle giant.
The soft-spoken 26-year-old with a “Peace Love Tai Chi” T-shirt flowed into a grounded stance on a Long Beach, California, hilltop. He was among several dozen people taking a free tai chi class this warm July day.
“I do tai chi to reconnect my mind, body and spirit, as well as to strengthen my muscles, loosen my joints, get my body relaxed,” York said.
A Tai Chi sweep? China bids for UNESCO cultural heritage status.
by Michael Holtz 31/3/17 The CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
The clamoring of a jackhammer and shrill barks of two golden retrievers make a jarring soundtrack for Yan Ziteng’s afternoon tai chi class, but neither he nor his students seem to notice.
Tai chi helps boost memory, study finds. One type seems most beneficial
Amid our busy lives, distraction or fatigue may explain our forgetfulness. But instances of "brain freeze" make me realize I want to do everything in my power to keep my brain sharp.
Fortunately for those in midlife, Levine is finding that even if you haven't been an avid exerciser, getting in shape now may head off that decline and help restore your aging heart. He and his colleagues published their recent findings in the American Heart Association's journal, Circulation.
