To investigate whether home-based exercise with the aim of preventing aspiration pneumonia and accidental falls improves swallowing-related and physical functions in community-dwelling frail older women. Participants were 266 community-dwelling frail older women in a long-term care prevention class (mean...
19.1% of U.S. adults had ananxiety disorderand 31.9% of adolescents ages 13-18 had an anxiety disorder The stress reduction that reading offers can help enormously when you’re already struggling with your mental health. But the benefits of reading extend beyond that, to the point that some...
“Astudy in theAnnals of Internal Medicineshowed how 313 people with chronic low back pain increased mobility by participating in a yoga class once a week—and this was found more effective than the standard of care,” says Conte. In fact, theAmerican College of Physiciansrecommends yoga as ...
Fast forward 130 years and researchers still aren't exactly sure how these benefits work — but they're learning. Cynthia Green, PhD, president ofTotal Brain Healthand assistant clinical professor in the department of psychiatry at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, says it's likely a combination ...
In no time at all, by moving your body in the form of a morning walk, you have taken yourself from lethargy to high energy. Circulation and hormonal balance improve while your feeling of mental sharpness and general refreshment skyrocket. The trick is that by using energy to exercise, we ...
Translated, that means the person is consuming 35 milliliters of oxygen for every kilogram of body weight per minute. That'll get you through the day, but elite athletes can reach values as high as 90 ml/kg/minute! How do they do it? They may have good genes for one, but they ...
Sense of responsibility Togetherness Athletics is a medium of bringing people of different ways of life, culture, and social class together and they develop connections that last forever. Sports gives people a good attitude to life as it teaches them that they might not always get the best, des...
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According to her research, runners hit the ground with as much as four times their body weight per step, while race walkers, who do not leave the ground, create only about 1.4 times their body weight with each step.As a result, she says, some of the injuries associated with running, ...
Obesity and estrogen deprivation have been identified as significant risk factors for cognitive impairment. Thus, postmenopausal conditions when paired with obesity may amplify the risks of developing dementia. Physical exercise has been recommended as a