Exercise: Better Than the Couch, but Not Equal to the Court
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The active video games played on the Nintendo Wii console are not a substitute for the real thing, a small study suggests.
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Fitness experts from the International Sports Sciences Association say that "exertainment" such as Wii Sports combines fun and fitness in a way that could provide a lifetime of benefits. In Game|Life.
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NEW YORK  - Physically active young adults are less likely than their more sedentary peers to develop high blood pressure, also known as hypertension, a new study confirms.
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NEW YORK  - Middle-aged and older adults who exercise may not be reducing their risk of knee arthritis, but they aren't increasing the risk either, research published Wednesday suggests.
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There is a reason why people feel they should exercise harder as they age, scientists say.
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Regular exercise can reduce the incidence of a deadly combination of risk factors for heart disease and diabetes in middle-aged and older people.
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Couch potatoes, start your engines. For those who can't seem to get the recommended 60 to 90 minutes of daily physical activity, new guidelines from the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) and the American Heart Association have just set the bar lower. How low? The groups recommend 30 minu...
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People with diabetes don't have to hit the gym to reap the life-saving benefits of exercise.
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A new study suggests that longer and more intense physical activity helps men keep their cognitive functioning into old age. We already know that exercise has many benefits for health.
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Scientists have been preaching the benefits of mental exercise to seniors for years, but a new study may be the clincher that some people in their golden years have been waiting for.
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Physical activity can offset some of the harmful health consequences of being overweight but cannot fully erase them, according to the biggest study to examine the relative benefits of being fit vs.
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NEW YORK  - In adults at risk of developing   high blood pressure, or hypertension, a series of shorter   bursts of activity may be more effective in keeping blood   pressure in check than a single long exercise session,   according to a study.
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A Canadian health club is  offering a new form of exercise for people bored with the  treadmill or cycling classes -- the Wii Workout Station.
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Here are two more reasons to exercise: It may help prevent breast cancer and can be a safer way to lose weight than dieting, doctors said on Monday.
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Researchers investigate the impact of exercise on preventing weight gain, obesity and diabetes.
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NEW YORK  - Regular exercise may improve depression symptoms in people who've failed to get better with antidepressant medication, the results of a small study suggest.
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Sometimes less is more. But when it comes to exercise for diabetics, researchers find, the more you do, the better it is