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New National Guidelines Make Pumping Iron and Aerobic Activities An Easier "Fit" Into Daily Life
June 2, 1998 — Updated national exercise guidelines released by the American College of Sports Medicine Wednesday (June 3) in Orlando show breaking up aerobic exercise into three 10-minute sessions throughout the ... > full story -
University Of Florida Researchers Study Whether Exercise Helps Reduce Shortness of Breath in Lung Disease Patients
April 27, 1998 — UF researchers already have shown that doing the breathing exercises once or twice a day increases respiratory strength in normal subjects more than half the ... > full story -
Stroke Patients Benefit From Delayed Aerobic Exercise
April 27, 1998 — Contrary to conventional wisdom, aerobic exercise is a safe and effective way to improve the strength and cardiovascular fitness of stroke patients, even if they begin exercising six months or more ... > full story -
'T'ai Chi' Lowers Blood Pressure For Older Adults
March 20, 1998 — T'ai chi -- a slow, relaxed physical activity program created in ancient China -- lowered blood pressure in older adults nearly as much as moderate-intensity aerobic exercise, researchers ... > full story -
Home-Based Exercise Program Effective For Long-Term Weight Loss, University of Florida Research Finds
February 6, 1998 — Exercise for both groups consisted of 30-minute walks five times weekly. Home exercisers kept up with their workouts, stuck through to the end of the study and monitored their diet at a higher rate ... > full story -
Mental Exercise May Help Stave Off Parkinson's
December 31, 1997 — People who have Parkinson's disease may someday find themselves undergoing a mental training regimen that helps them respond better to the drugs they take and to avoid ... > full story -
No Sweat! Positive Thoughts Help Exercisers Stick With It
December 24, 1997 — When you haul yourself out of bed to jog around the park, do you curse the dark mornings and think about your aches and pains? Or do you slip into the sunrise and feel good about cranking your body ... > full story -
Strong Response To Mental Stress Could Indicate Heart Disease
December 15, 1997 — An exaggerated response to mental stress could be a marker for future heart disease among people under age 60 with a strong family history of premature heart disease, according to a study by Johns ... > full story -
Sports Scientists Say Weight Lifting Is Key In Preventing Severe Injuries
October 22, 1997 — Researchers from the University of Florida studying football injuries at more than a dozen high schools have a message for coaches who want to keep players in the game: Hit the weight ... > full story -
NASA Technology May Help Assess Risk Of Bone Problems
July 22, 1997 — A portable device developed for the space program to examine how physical activity relates to bone density may someday serve as a way to assess a person's risk of ... > full story -
Obesity Research Advance Reported At The Jackson Laboratory
April 30, 1997 — Unexpected results from an experiment at The Jackson Laboratory designed to probe the role of a protein implicated in human obesity will help researchers identify the complex thermogenic mechanisms ... > full story
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