Health
Women are naturally more fit than men
Women can process oxygen more quickly than men when they start to exercise, according to a new study from the University of Waterloo.
Dec 4, 2017
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News tagged with oxygen uptake
Cardiology
Early 'full-term' babies may have poorer respiratory fitness through adolescence and young adulthood
Babies born early in a full-term pregnancy range may be more likely to have poor cardiorespiratory fitness through adolescence and young adulthood, according to new research in Journal of the American Heart Association, the ...
Sep 27, 2017
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Health
Lessons for optimizing exercise programs
Scientists previously thought that women may not respond to sprint interval training to the same Biological sex has little influence on how the body adapts to sprint interval training. That's according to findings published ...
Jan 26, 2017
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Cardiology
Low physical capacity second only to smoking as highest death risk
A 45 year study in middle-aged men has shown that the impact of low physical capacity on risk of death is second only to smoking. The research is published today in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology.
Jul 26, 2016
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Health
Carbs, not fats, boost half-marathon race performance, study finds
Carbohydrates are the body's main energy source during high-intensity, prolonged running, a new study published in Journal of Applied Physiology reports.
Dec 15, 2015
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Cardiology
Surprise cardiac finding predicts future risk
In patients with chronic ischemic heart disease, a small left ventricle with thick walls, is the strongest predictor of morphologic remodelling, which is generally considered a first step towards heart failure, according ...
Aug 30, 2015
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Diabetes
Exercise-induced capillary density ups insulin sensitivity
(HealthDay)—Exercise training is associated with an increase in skeletal muscle capillary density (CD), which contributes to improvements in glucose metabolism, according to a study published online June 11 in Diabetes.
Jun 20, 2015
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Neuroscience
Neuroscience researchers believe in quitting smoking gradually
Smoking is harmful in almost every respect. Cancer, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases are just a small part of a well-documented portfolio of serious consequences of smoking. Nicotine is what makes smoking addictive, ...
Jan 27, 2015
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Neuroscience
Exercise can improve memory in 60-year-olds
A new study, in which researchers from Karolinska Institutet participated, shows that physical activity can improve memory performance in older people through increasing volume and blood flow in an area of the brain called ...
Oct 14, 2014
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Health
Cardiorespiratory fitness is often misdiagnosed
A recent study by the University of Eastern Finland shows that scaling maximal oxygen uptake and maximal workload by body weight confounds measures of cardiorespiratory fitness. It has been a common practice in exercise testing ...
Sep 24, 2014
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