Fitness News
June 28, 2025
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June 26, 2025 Swap steaks for spinach and you might watch the scale plummet. In a 16-week crossover study, overweight adults who ditched animal products for a low-fat vegan menu saw their bodies become less acidic and dropped an average of 13 pounds—while the ...
June 26, 2025 Hot tubs don't just feel great, they may actually outperform saunas when it comes to health perks. A study found that soaking in hot water raises core body temperature more than dry or infrared saunas, triggering stronger heart, blood vessel, and ...
June 24, 2025 Major depressive disorder affects hundreds of millions worldwide, but a key to understanding its origins may lie in the brain’s immune system. New findings spotlight astrocytes—previously overshadowed by microglia—as major players in ...
June 21, 2025 A new study is turning heads by challenging the popular belief that seed oils are harmful to health. Researchers analyzed blood markers from nearly 1,900 people and found that higher levels of linoleic acid — an omega-6 fat commonly found in seed ...
June 20, 2025 Fitness trackers often fail people with obesity by underestimating their energy burn, leading to discouraging results and misguided health data. A scientist's frustrating experience in an exercise class with his mother-in-law where her effort wasn t ...
June 12, 2025 Tufts University scientists are aiming to revolutionize the future of weight loss drugs by engineering a new compound that targets four gut hormones instead of the usual one to three. These next-gen tetra-functional peptides may overcome the ...
June 11, 2025 A popular fat found in olive oil may not be as innocent as it seems. Scientists discovered that oleic acid, a major component of many high-fat foods, uniquely spurs the growth of new fat cells by manipulating specific proteins in the body. Unlike ...
June 10, 2025 Scientists in Japan have discovered that a natural compound found in a type of ginger called kencur can throw cancer cells into disarray by disrupting how they generate energy. While healthy cells use oxygen to make energy efficiently, cancer cells ...
June 10, 2025 Creatine is gaining recognition far beyond its roots in athletic performance. Once seen as a gym-only supplement, it's now understood to play a vital role in cellular energy, cognitive function, and healthy aging. From boosting memory and reducing ...
June 7, 2025 New research reveals a surprising downside to calorie-cutting diets: a link to higher levels of depressive symptoms, especially in men and those who are overweight. Despite popular beliefs that healthy eating boosts mental wellness, real-life ...
June 3, 2025 Researchers asked patients, some of whom had experienced lower back pain for up to 40 years, if being in nature helped them coped better with their lower back pain. They found that people able to ...
May 30, 2025 The activation of Protein Kinase A (PKA) is a critical part in how the body responds to stress and starvation. Using a variety of imaging and biochemical techniques, a team of researchers has revealed how the metabolic cycle that activates PKA ...
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May 29, 2025 Humans and mice share persistent brain-activity patterns in response to adverse sensory experience, scientists find, opening a window to our emotions ...
May 29, 2025 Researchers find high-fat diets set off metabolic dysfunction in cells, leading to weight gain, but these effects can be reversed by treatment with ...
May 28, 2025 The timing and consistency of your daily activity might be associated with improved cardiorespiratory fitness and walking ...
May 27, 2025 Researchers have found that central body fat, especially around the abdomen, is more strongly linked to psoriasis risk than total body fat, ...
May 22, 2025 Mice genetically engineered to lack the amino acid cysteine, and fed a cysteine-free diet, lost 30 percent of their body weight in a ...
May 22, 2025 Sudden cardiac death is responsible for an unusually high proportion of deaths in male bodybuilders worldwide with the highest risk among ...
May 21, 2025 Researchers have discovered a new way to reduce obesity. Supplying the gut with extra acetate reduces fat and liver mass in both normal and obese mice, as long as bacteria of the Bacteroides species ...
May 20, 2025 Small clinical study with obese dieters who had chronic health problems found that eating balanced meals and including craved foods with those meals helped dieters manage cravings, even into the ...
May 19, 2025 People who were less active, with a daily average of more than 14 hours of sedentary behavior, were more than twice as likely to have another cardiac ...
May 19, 2025 A hidden link between impulsivity and obesity may not be fixed in human biology but shaped by the cities we live in. Using a novel engineering-based ...
Earlier Headlines
May 16, 2025 A new study reveals that a single gene plays a big role in how the liver stores energy, a process that's critical for overall health and for managing diseases like type 2 diabetes. The research ...
May 15, 2025 That fit people have a reduced risk of premature death from various diseases is a recurring result in many studies. New research shows that people with high fitness levels in their late teens also ...
May 15, 2025 Palliative care is specialized medical care focused on easing symptoms, addressing psychological and spiritual needs, and helping patients and caregivers make critical decisions aligned with their ...
May 14, 2025 New device can give peace of mind and reduce anxiety for breastfeeding moms. It uses bioimpedance, which is currently used to measure body fat, and streams clinical-grade data to a smartphone or ...
May 14, 2025 The skin microbiome plays an important role in health and disease. Researchers have now substantiated that certain skin bacteria can protect us from the sun's ultraviolet (UV) radiation ...
May 13, 2025 Researchers developed a new machine learning method that, given a relevant amino acid sequence, can automatically predict the location of a protein in any human cell line down to the single-cell ...
May 12, 2025 Researchers confirm and explore the role of estrogen-related receptors in regulating energy production in muscle cells during exercise. The findings indicate that developing a drug to boost ...
May 12, 2025 Lowering the legal tackle height in women's rugby is proving effective in reducing head contacts between players, a new study suggests. Changes to the tackle height law in women's community ...
May 7, 2025 Women diagnosed with breast cancer who carry particular BRCA1 and BRCA2 genetic variants are offered surgery to remove the ovaries and fallopian tubes as this dramatically reduces their risk of ...
May 1, 2025 Urgent action must be taken to reduce the ever-rising number of people killed by extreme temperatures in India, say the authors of a new 19-year study which found that 20,000 people died from ...
Apr. 30, 2025 Breast cancer deaths among women ages 20-49 declined significantly between 2010 and 2020, according to a new ...
Apr. 29, 2025 A new study turns long-held conventional wisdom about a certain type of polymer on its head, greatly expanding understanding of how some of biochemistry's fundamental forces work. The study ...
Apr. 29, 2025 Those who climb indoors are doing something for their health. But climbing shoes contain chemicals of concern that can enter the lungs of climbers through the abrasion of the soles. In a recent ...
Apr. 28, 2025 In the past 20 years, the average rate of obesity among adults in the United States has risen by approximately 30 percent, but the rate of those with the most severe forms of obesity, or those with a ...
Apr. 28, 2025 A brisk walk, a splash of water aerobics, or even a light jog around the block -- if your heart rate goes up then so too will your brain health according to new ...
Apr. 25, 2025 A new study provides new evidence that sensory stimulation of a gamma-frequency brain rhythm may promote broad-based restorative neurological health ...
Apr. 25, 2025 It's no secret that our waistlines often expand in middle-age, but the problem isn't strictly cosmetic. Belly fat accelerates aging and slows down metabolism, increasing our risk for ...
Apr. 24, 2025 'Cold' tumors are resistant to common immunotherapies. Researchers have uncovered a master regulator that can be manipulated to prevent tumor growth in ...
Apr. 23, 2025 The molecular mechanism behind why heart attacks can vary in severity depending on the time of day has been uncovered, potentially paving the way for innovative treatments that align with the natural ...
Apr. 23, 2025 New multidisciplinary research shows that the brain forms memories of cold experiences and uses them to control our metabolism. The study shows that cold memories form in the brain -- and map out how ...
Friday, May 16, 2025
Thursday, May 15, 2025
- The Effect of Physical Fitness on Mortality Is Overestimated
- People With Critical Cardiovascular Disease May Benefit from Palliative Care
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
- Got Data? Breastfeeding Device Measures Babies' Milk Intake in Real Time
- New Study Reveals Our Skin's Own Bacteria Can Help Protect Us from the Bad Effects of Sunlight
Tuesday, May 13, 2025
Monday, May 12, 2025
- Estrogen-Related Receptors Could Be Key to Treating Metabolic and Muscular Disorders
- Lower Tackle Height Changing Face of Women's Rugby, Study Says
Wednesday, May 7, 2025
Thursday, May 1, 2025
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
- Graduate Student's Discovery Shows That Even Neutral Molecules Take Sides When It Comes to Biochemistry
- Concerning Chemicals from the Wear of Climbing Shoes Cause Trouble in Indoor Halls
Monday, April 28, 2025
- United States Sees Disproportionate Increase in Body Mass Index Rates of More Than 60
- Move More, Think Sharper
Friday, April 25, 2025
- In Down Syndrome Mice, 40Hz Light and Sound Improve Cognition, Neurogenesis, Connectivity
- Why Our Waistlines Expand in Middle Age: Stem Cells
Thursday, April 24, 2025
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
- Link Between Heart Attack Severity and Circadian Rhythm Unveiled
- Remembering the Cold: Scientists Discover How Memories Control Metabolism
Monday, April 21, 2025
Friday, April 18, 2025
- Throwing a 'spanner in the Works' Of Our Cells' Machinery Could Help Fight Cancer, Fatty Liver Disease... and Hair Loss
- A Wearable Smart Insole Can Track How You Walk, Run and Stand
Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Tuesday, April 15, 2025
Monday, April 14, 2025
Thursday, April 10, 2025
- Unsafe Driving During School Drop Offs at 'unacceptable' Levels
- The Brain Resorts to Myelin When Other Brain Nutrients Are Depleted
- Running on Empty: Poor Nutrition Increases Injury Risk for Female Athletes
Wednesday, April 9, 2025
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
- Lactic Acid Bacteria Can Improve Plant-Based Dairy Alternatives
- CVD and Obesity: When Protective Lipids Decline, Health Risks Increase
Monday, April 7, 2025
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
- Being Physically Active, Even Just a Couple of Days a Week, May Be Key to Better Health
- When It Comes to Obesity-Related Cancers, Where You Shop for Food Matters
Tuesday, April 1, 2025
Sunday, March 30, 2025
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
- How Time-Restricted Eating Affects Weight Loss
- Neurons in Brain That Regulate Energy Levels and Body Temperature
- Adulting Is Hard on the Heart: Teen to Young Adulthood Is a Critical Time to Address Risk
- Target to Repair Injured Muscles Discovered
- Scientists Discover Why Obesity Takes Away the Pleasure of Eating
- Five Minutes a Day Eccentric Exercise Can Improve Your Life
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
- AI Can Help Doctors Give Intravenous Nutrition to Preemies
- Slowing Down to Eat Less: Towards Simple Strategies for Obesity Prevention
Monday, March 24, 2025
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
- Blood Pressure Patterns During Pregnancy Predict Later Hypertension Risk, Study Finds
- Lifestyle Risks Weigh Heavier on Women's Hearts
- AI Food Scanner Turns Phone Photos Into Nutritional Analysis
Thursday, March 13, 2025
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
- Two-Thirds of Children Classified BMI-Overweight Had Normal Fat Estimated With Waist-to-Height Ratio
Monday, March 10, 2025
Sunday, March 9, 2025
- Clinical Trial Tests Novel Stem-Cell Treatment for Parkinson's Disease
- Levels of Select Vitamins and Minerals in Pregnancy May Be Linked to Lower Midlife BP Risk
Thursday, March 6, 2025
- Memory Is Impaired in Aged Rats After 3 Days of High-Fat Eating
- Scientists Identify Genes That Make Humans and Labradors More Likely to Become Obese
- How Footballers' Fingers and Height Can Predict Their Exercise Performance
- Researchers Identify a Gene to Guide Novel Therapeutics of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Diseases
Wednesday, March 5, 2025
- When You Get Hurt Matters: Circadian Rhythms Affect Muscle Repair
- Exercise and Healthy Eating Behavior Together Provide the Best Protection Against Cardiovascular Diseases
Tuesday, March 4, 2025
- Novel Stem Cell Therapy Repairs 'irreversible' Corneal Damage in Clinical Trial
- Obesity: Researchers Discover a Cause of Leptin Resistance -- And How to Reverse It
- Special Type of Fat Tissue Could Promote Healthful Longevity and Help Maintain Exercise Capacity in Aging
Monday, March 3, 2025
- A Third of Children Worldwide Forecast to Be Obese or Overweight by 2050
- Strong Link Between Western Diet During Pregnancy and ADHD
- How to Trick the Body's Metabolism
Friday, February 28, 2025
Thursday, February 27, 2025
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
- Missing Protein Keeps Mice Slim, Even on a High-Fat Diet
- Genomics Approach to Metabolism Reveals How Reactions Flow
Tuesday, February 25, 2025
- First Female Runner Could Soon Break the 4-Minute-Mile Barrier
- AI Model Can Read ECGs to Identify Female Patients at Higher Risk of Heart Disease
- Screening and Treating Maternal Psychological Health Key to Improving Cardiovascular Health
Monday, February 24, 2025
Friday, February 21, 2025
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
- Socioeconomic Factors, Unpredictability Complicate Diagnosis of Episodic Disabilities, Like Epilepsy
Tuesday, February 18, 2025
Monday, February 17, 2025
- Global Action Needed to Solve the Medical Oxygen Crisis
- Biological Clock Plays Critical Role in Driving Teens' Late-Day Eating Habits
Tuesday, February 18, 2025
Thursday, February 13, 2025
Wednesday, February 12, 2025
- High BP May Develop at Different Ages and Paces in East and South Asian Adults in the UK
- Lung Cancer Cells Can Go 'off Grid'
Monday, February 10, 2025
Friday, February 7, 2025
Wednesday, February 5, 2025
- Spinal Cord Stimulation Restores Neural Function, Targets Key Feature of Progressive Neurodegenerative Disease
- Obese and Healthy
Tuesday, February 4, 2025
- How Hungry Fat Cells Could Someday Starve Cancer to Death
- Yo-Yo Dieting May Significantly Increase Kidney Disease Risk in People With Type 1 Diabetes
Monday, February 3, 2025
Friday, January 31, 2025
Thursday, January 30, 2025
- Propranolol May Reduce Ischemic Stroke Risk in Women With Migraines
- Changing Therapy Practice to Add Higher-Intensity Walking Improves Early Stroke Recovery
Wednesday, January 29, 2025
Monday, January 27, 2025
- Young Adults More Active After Starting Work, but Sleep Less -- Unless Working from Home
- Heart Disease Remains Leading Cause of Death as Key Health Risk Factors Continue to Rise
Friday, January 24, 2025
- Mental Well-Being and Physical Activity Can Form a Positive Cycle
- Weight Loss App That Tracks Fiber, Protein Content in Meals