Screen for Dementia, New Pill Alerts Your Doctor, and Why It’s Hard to Stick to an Exercise Routine
Are you getting dementia? You can screen yourself.
Poor eating habits and failure to exercise explained. People are present-oriented.
Tag: "exercise"
Apr 07, 2010 | 7 comments | by John Goodman
I’m Not Sure I Believe This Either
Dr. Williams’s studies have shown that exceeding the federally recommended exercise guidelines can reduce the risk of stroke, heart attack, glaucoma, diabetes and other diseases by as much as 70% above the benefits of merely meeting the guidelines. “There is no gene or drug discovery that comes close” to the effects of more and more-vigorous exercise, says Dr. Williams, a staff scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley Calif.
Full report on the controversial claim that more-vigorous exercise is better.
Jan 08, 2010 | 2 comments | by John Goodman
I’m Not Sure I Believe This
Studies show exercise:
- Reduces the risk of colds and flu by 25% to 50%
- Lowers the risk of stroke by 27%
- Reduces the incidence of diabetes by approximately 50%
- Reduces the incidence of high-blood pressure by approximately 40%
- Can reduce mortality and the risk of recurrent breast cancer by approximately 50%
- Can lower the risk of colon cancer by over 60%
- Can reduce the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease by approximately 40%
- Can decrease depression as effectively as Prozac or behavioral therapy
More on the possible hidden benefits of exercise.
Jan 08, 2010 | 4 comments | by John Goodman
Dec 11, 2009 | 6 comments | by Devon Herrick
Hits & Misses – 2009/10/15
New IBM goal: making a personal genome cheaper than a ticket to a Broadway play.
Better than dieting and exercise? An educated wife increases a man’s life expectancy.
Oct 15, 2009 | 4 comments | by John Goodman
Can Exercise Make You Smarter?
This is Gretchen Reynolds, writing in the New York Times:
Allow a laboratory mouse to run as much as it likes and its brainpower improves. Force it to run harder than it otherwise might and its thinking improves even more.
In work by scientists at the University of Illinois, elderly people were assigned a six-month program of either stretching exercises or brisk walking. The stretchers increased their flexibility but did not improve on tests of cognition. The brisk walkers did.
Sep 22, 2009 | 4 comments | by John Goodman
Special Interests Back Unhealthy Behavior
The obese, the smokers, the couch potatoes and all manner of other unhealthy behavior types have a friend in AARP and 60 other groups who oppose efforts to give a break on health insurance premiums to workers who watch their weight, exercise and manage their cholesterol. The special interests worry that workers unable to modify unhealthy behaviors might find premiums unaffordable. The Senate HELP bills would allow discounts of up to 30% and a House proposal would allow a 50% discount for those who engage in wellness programs.
Jul 30, 2009 | 6 comments | by Devon Herrick
Healthy Habits in Decline
Bad habits are asserting themselves:
Over the last 20 years, the share of Americans 40 to 74 who eat five fruits and vegetables a day has dropped to 26 percent from 42 percent….. The obesity rate increased to 36 percent from 28 percent. And 43 percent of Americans said they worked out at least 30 minutes three times a week, down from just over half.
Jun 29, 2009 | 4 comments | by John Goodman
Hits & Misses – 2009/5/15
Can alcoholism be cured with a pill? Two pills are already being used to moderate drinking.
Surprising study result: Antioxidants and exercise don't mix well.
Another surprise: Caffeine is no better than a placebo at keeping you awake.
Do snake-bite kits help? Mainly not.
"Nanny state" mothers some more. Massachusetts will now require restaurant chains to post the calorie counts for food items on menus.
May 15, 2009 | 1 comment | by John Goodman
