Myths and Truths from exercise physiology: what fitness fads do you believe?
To be completely honest, the title of a symposium containing the word "Hogzilla" caught me off-guard when I agreed to give a light-hearted talk on some of the myths associated with our field. Somewhere between my kids' soccer practices, class preparation, and other functions of life, I completely missed...

Ten minutes of exercise reduces chronic pain.
ORLANDO -- A physical conditioning program that consisted of just 10 minutes a day of walking on a treadmill at a moderate pace for 3 weeks significantly improved measures of pain perception, aerobic capacity, depression, and anxiety in chronic pain patients, according to the findings of a small, uncontrolled...

Daily 10-minute tread can help ease chronic pain.
ORLANDO -- A physical conditioning program that consisted of just 10 minutes a day of walking on a treadmill at a moderate pace for 3 weeks significantly improved measures of pain perception, aerobic capacity, depression, and anxiety, in chronic pain patients, according to the findings of a small, uncontrolled...

Exercise for midlife.
The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) has published two new books to guide midlife women through menopause and prevent osteoporosis. Titled Action Plan for Menopause: Your Guide to a Healthy, Vibrant Transition, and Action Plan for Osteoporosis: Your Guide to Stronger, Healthier Bones, the books are based on...

Exercise appears to benefit mental function in patients with dementia.
WASHINGTON -- A regular exercise program not only promotes flexibility, balance, and strength in elderly people with dementia, but it also might improve their mental function. "You won't get oxygen to the brain if you don't get air down into the alveoli," said Marge A. Coalman, Ed.D.,...

Exercise program may benefit Alzheimer's patients.
WASHINGTON -- A regular exercise program promotes flexibility, balance, and strength in elderly people with dementia, and might improve their mental function. "You won't get oxygen to the brain if you don't get air down into the alveoli," said Marge A. Coalman, Ed.D., vice president of wellness...

Regular exercise, not type of exercise, is key.
SAN FRANCISCO -- Exercise regimens consisting of walking or stretching and toning are both equally effective at improving functional fitness in sedentary older adults, James Konopack said at the annual meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine. "Improvements in functional fitness in this group don't appear to...

Say no to aging.
Byline: Gary S Sy, MD TO a considerable degree... we could decide not to age. We are forever in search of the fountain of youth, the cure for old age. But even though dozens of theories have been proposed, yet science has not produced a universal theory...

Barriers to physical activity in young New Zealanders.
A range of social, behavioural and physical changes in young people's lives has resulted in barriers great enough to cause reduced activity levels. Major barriers include a reduction in active transport, altered community design, less physical education time at school, a rise of the two-income family, an increase in...

Exercise: use it or lose it!
It happens as you sit at your desk, on your couch, or in your car. It happens as you stand in line, in an elevator, or on an escalator. You've been losing muscle and gaining fat every day since sometime in your twenties, says William Evans, director of the...