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• Ice Baths for Sore Muscles Can Work

  

  Posted 10:31 PM 2/14/2012

  Feb. 14, 2012 -- Can an ice bath really ward off the muscle soreness that can kick in a day or so after an intense workout?

  According to a new review, it is better than doing nothing and equal to other remedies such as compression stockings or stretching.

  Ice baths are favored by some elite athletes and have become a habit of other exercisers as (More)
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• Study: Even Some Vigorous Activity Boosts Kids' Heart Health

  

  Posted 10:07 PM 2/14/2012

  Feb. 14, 2012 -- Kids who exercise vigorously for more than thirty minutes a day may be at lower risk of heart disease than their peers who don't break a sweat quite as often.

  This is true regardless of how much time the kids spent sitting on the couch.

  Those (More)
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• CDC: Doctors Increasingly Prescribe Exercise

  

  Posted 4:02 AM 2/9/2012

  Feb. 9, 2012 -- A new report from the CDC shows that more patients are getting prescriptions for exercise from their doctors.

  In 2010, 1 in 3 adults who saw a doctor or other health care professional was advised to increase their physical activity as a means of maintaining or improving their health. That's a significant increase over 2000, when less than a quarter of consultations included such advice.

  "Trends over the past 10 years suggest that the (More)
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• Weight Loss: Is Bypass Better than Banding?

  

  Posted 7:02 PM 1/16/2012

  Jan. 16, 2012 -- Gastric banding doesn't work as well as bypass surgery, according to a new study in the journal Archives of Surgery.

  More than 200,000 weight loss surgeries are performed annually in the U.S. and more people are choosing banding procedures over gastric bypasses. Banding procedures are marketed as a safer (More)
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• Want to Live Longer? Fit Outweighs Fat

  

  Posted 7:05 PM 12/5/2011

  Dec. 5, 2011 -- Fitness trumps fat when it comes to living longer.

  In a new study of more than 14,000 men, those who maintained or boosted their fitness level were less likely to die from any cause, including heart disease. This was true even if their (More)
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• Heading Soccer Ball Linked to Brain Injury

  

  Posted 5:41 PM 11/29/2011

  Nov. 29, 2011 (Chicago) -- Using your head in soccer may not always be the best thing.

  Regularly hitting a soccer ball with your head -- even just a few times a day -- has been linked to traumatic brain injuries, researchers report.

  In a preliminary study, 32 amateur soccer players who "headed" the ball more than 1,000 to 1,500 times a year, the equivalent of (More)
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• Getting Fit with Baby on Board

  

  Posted 5:56 PM 10/21/2011

  After you have a baby, what's realistic for getting back in shape? How soon can you exercise and how much can you do to safely lose the weight before junior starts pre-school? The answer: One size does not fit all.

  Determining when a woman can resume exercising after (More)
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• Parents Who Exercise: Overcoming the Challenges

  

  Posted 5:59 PM 10/20/2011

  Parents and exercise are not usually words you see in the same sentence. From the moment you step on the physical and emotional roller coaster known as parenthood, your needs often must come second to the needs of your children. Exercising, as a parent, becomes a much more difficult task.

  This is true whether you're in the throes of sleep-deprivation with a newborn or stay busy driving your children from school to soccer practice, tennis matches, and piano (More)
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• The Butt Workout: Exercises to Sculpt a Better Backside

  

  Posted 2:18 PM 10/3/2011

  All women want it: That shapely, sculpted, and defined butt we see in the magazine ads for cellulite cream. Closets full of skinny jeans and miniskirts have us focused more than ever on lifting, tightening, and shaping our behinds.

  "It's beautiful to be symmetrical," says Pilates guru Siri Dharma Galliano, who helped Carrie-Anne Moss get her (More)
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• Does Beetroot Improve a Runner's Time?

  

  Posted 4:09 PM 9/27/2011

  Sept. 27, 2011 (San Diego) -- Runners and other exercisers hoping to improve their performance might consider a detour to the produce aisle.

  Eating beetroot before a workout gave runners a modest edge in speed during a 5K run when they were close to the finish line, new research shows.

  The baked beetroot won out over the cranberry relish that served (More)
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