Regular resistance training, or weight training, can boost the physical fitness of older Australians, according to research out of the University of Queensland.
Dr Tim Henwood, a postdoctoral research fellow with UQ and Blue Care, said his recently completed PhD research investigated how people over the age of 65 responded to resistance training.
"What we were looking [...]

HBNS.org - Many experts now consider colon cancer a largely preventable disease, but a new study finds that primary care doctors might not always inform patients about one important step they can take to reduce their risk: becoming more physically active, or getting more exercise.
When researchers analyzed survey data from 1,932 adults who answered questions [...]

JAMA - New research documents the severe decline in vigorous exercise and physical activity among young teenagers, with less than a third meeting recommended physical activity guidelines by the time they are 15 years old, according to a study in the July 16, 2008 issue of JAMA .
Physical inactivity is associated with an increase in [...]

UCLA.edu - In addition to helping protect us from heart disease and cancer, a balanced diet and regular exercise can also protect the brain and ward off mental disorders, perhaps even benefiting your children and grandchildren.
"Food is like a pharmaceutical compound that affects the brain," said Fernando Gómez-Pinilla, a UCLA professor of neurosurgery and physiological [...]

AAN.com - Mild Alzheimer’s disease patients with higher physical fitness had larger brains compared to mild Alzheimer’s patients with lower physical fitness, according to a study published in the July 15, 2008 issue of Neurology ®.
For the study, 121 people age 60 and older underwent exercise fitness tests using a treadmill as well as brain [...]

Research by a Davidson College neuroscientist and students demonstrates that the benefits of regular exercise include a lowered tendency to become addicted to illegal drugs, and they suspect the exercise benefit may be from increasing release of dopamine in the brain.
The online version of the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence published this week the results [...]