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Brief bursts of intense exercise normalizes blood pressure in older adults
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Alicia Lasek
Sep 11, 2019
Brief bursts of high-intensity exercise on a stationary bike has been found to bring blood pressure back to normal in older adults after 10 weeks.
Less TV watching can lead to more years free of heart disease, stroke
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Alicia Lasek
Sep 09, 2019
People who watch less television live about two and a half years longer than their peers who watch more, a decades-long study has found.
Healthiest lifestyles cut chance of diabetes by 75%: international analysis
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Alicia Lasek
Sep 04, 2019
It’s a combination of healthy lifestyle factors, not bodyweight alone, that appears to significantly reduce the relative risk of diabetes.
Residents with heart disease may gain more from exercise than healthy peers
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Alicia Lasek
Sep 03, 2019
When people with heart disease exercise, their mortality risk falls by 14%. Their healthier peers don’t reap the same benefits, say researchers.
Inactive? No problem. Senior muscles respond like an athlete’s to resistance training
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Alicia Lasek
Aug 29, 2019
Inactive seniors have the same ability to build muscle mass as master athletes in the same age group, researchers were surprised to find.
Exercising one time is just as effective as 12 weeks’ training
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Alicia Lasek
Aug 28, 2019
A single bout of aerobic exercise can have an immediate effect on cognitive function and working memory in older adults.
Exercise of any intensity cuts early mortality risk in older adults
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Alicia Lasek
Aug 21, 2019
Whether light, moderate or intense, any level of regular exercise lowers early mortality risk in middle-aged and older adults, a new study has found.
Regular exercise may delay decline in those at risk of Alzheimer’s
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Alicia Lasek
Aug 09, 2019
Moderate exercise appears to help preserve memory and curb brain changes in people at risk of Alzheimer’s, new studies show.
Frequent feedback makes big dent in deadly diabetes outcomes
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Alicia Lasek
Aug 04, 2019
Deadly outcomes are less likely when patients with diabetes have lifestyle counseling at least once a month, a large new study has found.