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Dosed Correctly, Exercise Improves Heart Flutter
Atrial fibrillation, sometimes called AF, atrial flutter, or heart flutter, is slightly more common in middle-aged men who undertake vigorous, prolonged exercise. Boston researchers have now reported...
You Need Both Aerobic AND Resistance Training
In the past we’ve encouraged boomers and seniors to undertake both aerobic (endurance) and resistance (weights) training. Now it’s been shown that this approach is important for patients with coro...
Saturday Quack – Exercise May Not Improve Depression
People with depression are urged to exercise – by family, friends, and their physicians. Exercise is considered one of the standard ‘treatments’ for depression, and there are studies that s...
The Best Exercise for Battling the Metabolic Syndrome
People with the metabolic syndrome are 3 times more likely to die of heart disease than healthy persons. They are therefore encouraged to address the different factors that make up the syndrome &ndash...
Men with Muscles Live Longer – It’s True!
A lifestyle that incorporates plenty of exercise is usually advocated by physicians for older patients. The choice of exercise used to be largely aerobic – walking or running – but more re...
Tai Chi Can Help Insomnia
Older adults often complain about having trouble sleeping, even though they don’t seek treatment. However, practicing tai chi chih – a Westernized version of a 2,000-year-old Chinese marti...
Get Nearer the Starter’s Gun?
Do you know how the starting lanes in an Olympic foot race are allocated? In Australia, in 2000, the following guideline was published in the SOCOG Public Information:“In the first round of heat...
Shake It Up!
Some old-time movies or newsreels used to show overweight women standing facing a machine which had a broad canvas band massaging their glutes and thighs; the idea was that they would lose fat and not...
Dancing the Tango is Good for Parkinson’s Patients
Tango lessons – particularly the Argentine tango – can help improve balance and mobility in patients with Parkinson’s. This is according to a study published in the Journal of Neurol...
Get Help with Your Home Exercise Program
We know, as we get older, that we should be walking and exercising more. Easier said than done! There are plenty of distractions, even excuses, which make it quite difficult to follow a regular activi...
Lyengar Yoga May Help Prevent Falls
Falls are the leading cause of non-fatal injuries and hospitalization for trauma in people over 65, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). So anything that can prevent them is obviously w...
Live an Extra 10 Years!
You probably know the answer to this suggestion, but anyway . . . There’s no harm in acquiring extra proof of the benefits of exercise. A review published online in the British Journal of Sports...
Seniors May Build More Muscle Using Painkillers
As the health benefits of strength training are better known, it’s becoming more popular among seniors. And while the development of a more muscular frame isn’t exactly a health benefit pe...
Lower BP Without Medications . . .
There are ways to lower your raised blood pressure that don’t involve taking meds, though of course, they may not all be free. Here are the main ones, taken from the 7th Report of the Joint Nati...
How Exercise Helps Diabetics
There’s no doubt that physical activity can help ward off the threat of type 2 diabetes or improve your diabetes if you’ve already got it. But what’s the mechanism of this effect? Wo...