Leisure activity helps healthcare workers exit the ‘stress cycle,’ study finds
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Alicia Lasek
Jun 17, 2021
Workers who had more physical activity on their down time were less likely to report feelings of exhaustion, investigators say.
Gaming platform play improves function in residents with severe dementia: study
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Alicia Lasek
Apr 14, 2021
Nursing home residents with severe dementia had significant cognitive and physical skill improvement after training regularly with fitness software that increased motivation, researchers say.
Active lifestyle may slow cognitive decline in people with Parkinson’s and dementia gene: study
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Alicia Lasek
Apr 02, 2021
Greater physical activity at the study’s start appeared to lessen gene-related cognitive decline two years later, the authors report.
Chair-based exercise is safe and effective for nursing home residents: study
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Alicia Lasek
Nov 19, 2020
Participants experienced task-specific improvements in physical and cognitive functions, and enhanced well-being, investigators report.
Exercise may keep mild cognitive impairment from advancing to dementia
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Alicia Lasek
Nov 13, 2020
Study participants who began a weekly exercise routine after diagnosis with MCI had an 11% lower risk of progressing to Alzheimer’s when compared with people who did not exercise at all, a new study...
High intensity training for elders? Norwegian study gives it a thumbs up
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Alicia Lasek
Oct 09, 2020
Exercise is generally good for the elderly, but high intensity training is especially beneficial and may even extend life, finds the 5-year Generation 100 exercise study.
‘Night owls’ with diabetes can improve health with earlier bedtimes, experts claim
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Alicia Lasek
Sep 23, 2020
People who go to bed late and get up late exercise 56% less than their early bird counterparts, a new study finds. A shift in sleep habits could change their health prognoses for the better, investigators...
Exercise is safe and necessary for people with heart disease, new guideline contends
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Alicia Lasek
Sep 02, 2020
The odds are extremely low that exercise will trigger an adverse cardiac event in these patients, the authors say. They offers ideas for encouraging engagement in a monitored physical activity program.
Clinical Briefs for Wednesday, June 10
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Alicia Lasek
Jun 09, 2020
Tai chi may help lift depression in older adults with heart disease … Heart scan plus physical activity predicts mortality risk in seniors, study finds … Alzheimer research: Noise-inducing neurons...
Clinical Briefs for Tuesday, June 9
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Alicia Lasek
Jun 08, 2020
Seniors with severe depression benefit from neuroplasticity program … Stroke bleeds increasing in elders, say researchers … Nearly 600 U.S. healthcare workers have died of the coronavirus … People...