Fitness News

July 19, 2024

Top Headlines

July 16, 2024 — Rigorous exercise before bed has long been discouraged, but researchers have now found short bursts of light activity can lead to better ...

Widespread Practice Among Athletes Harms Both Performance and Health

July 15, 2024 — Drastically cutting back on caloric intake to lose weight ahead of competition is commonplace among athletes. However, this type of 'dieting' doesn't just diminish performances, it can also compromise their immune ...

Same Workout, Different Weight Loss: Signal Molecule Versions Are Key

July 11, 2024 — Some people lose weight slower than others after workouts, and a research team found a reason. They studied what happens to mice that cannot produce signal molecules that respond specifically to short-term exercise and regulate the body's energy ...

Exercise Brain Boost Can Last for Years

July 10, 2024 — A longitudinal study has found that high-intensity interval exercise improves brain function in older adults for up to 5 ...

Latest Headlines

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How a Gene for Obesity Affects the Brain

July 15, 2024 — Researchers reveal how a gene called SH2B1 works in the brain to regulate food ...

Already 30 Minutes of Exercise Increases the Proportion of Tumor-Killing White Blood Cells in Blood

July 3, 2024 — A new study shows that already a 30-minute exercise can increase the proportion of tumor-killing white blood cells in the bloodstream of breast ...

Physical Exercise Prevents Nerve Damage During Chemotherapy

July 1, 2024 — Cancer treatments often cause nerve damage that can lead to long-lasting symptoms. Medication has proven ineffective in these cases. A sports scientist together with an interdisciplinary team from ...

Scientists Turn White Fat Cells Into Calorie-Burning Beige Fat

July 1, 2024 — Researchers have figured out how to turn ordinary white fat cells, which store calories, into beige fat cells that burn calories to maintain body ...

Do People Who Exercise More Have a Lower Risk of ALS?

June 26, 2024 — Moderate levels of physical activity and fitness may be linked to a reduced risk of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) later in life, according to a new study. The study only found an association ...

Semaglutide Leads to Greater Weight Loss in Women Than Men With HF and Improves HF Symptoms

June 23, 2024 — Semaglutide, a medication initially developed for type 2 diabetes and obesity, significantly improves symptoms in men and women with a common type of ...

Myths About Intermittent Fasting, Debunked

June 24, 2024 — Research shows that the increasingly popular weight-loss strategy is safe. Intermittent fasting has become an increasingly popular way to lose weight without counting calories. And a large body of ...

Walking Brings Huge Benefits for Low Back Pain

June 20, 2024 — Adults with a history of low back pain went nearly twice as long without a recurrence of their back pain if they walked regularly, a world-first study has ...

Sweat Health Monitor Measures Levels of Disease Markers

June 20, 2024 — A wearable health monitor can reliably measure levels of important biochemicals in sweat during physical exercise. The 3D-printed monitor could someday provide a simple and non-invasive way to track ...

Extended Maternal Care Central Factor to Human Other Animal, Longevity

June 17, 2024 — The relationship between mother and child may offer clues to the mystery of why humans live longer than expected for their size -- and shed new light on what it means to be human -- according to a ...

Earlier Headlines

Does Exercise in Greenspace Boost the Individual Health Benefits of Each?

June 13, 2024 — Research suggests exercising in a park or other natural setting is more beneficial than exercising ...

Breakthrough in Predicting Sudden Cardiac Death

June 13, 2024 — A new computational method developed by physicists can be used to estimate the risk of sudden cardiac death from a one-minute heart rate measurement at rest. The study was carried out in ...

Painful Truth About Knee Osteoarthritis: Why Inactivity May Be More Complex Than We Think

June 11, 2024 — Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is a common cause of pain and joint stiffness. And while physical activity is known to ease symptoms, only one in 10 people regularly ...

Underlying Mechanisms Behind Regular Exercise Benefits

June 11, 2024 — Scientists studied both male and female rats over eight weeks of endurance exercise and found thousands of molecular alterations. These findings have implications for human health, such as in liver ...

Vigorous Exercise May Preserve Cognition in High-Risk Patients With Hypertension

June 6, 2024 — People with high blood pressure have a higher risk of cognitive impairment, including dementia, but a new study suggests that engaging in vigorous physical activity more than once a week can lower ...

Exercising During Pregnancy Normalizes Eating Behaviors in Offspring from Obese Mice

June 4, 2024 — Maternal obesity impacts the eating behaviors of offspring via long-term overexpression of the microRNA miR-505-5p, according to a new ...

Managing Mental Health Should Be About More Than Mind

June 4, 2024 — Clinicians often default to treating mental health conditions with a variety of medication. This approach, however, largely ignores the role of environment, lifestyle, and social factors. Mental ...

Medical School Isn't Teaching Doctors Much About Nutrition

June 4, 2024 — Current medical training focuses on weight and body mass index (BMI), exacerbating anti-obesity bias and increasing the risk of eating disorders, the authors said. And it doesn't give future ...

Intermittent Fasting Shows Promise in Improving Gut Health, Weight Management

May 28, 2024 — Participants following an intermittent fasting and protein-pacing regimen, which involves evenly spaced protein intake throughout the day, saw better gut health, weight loss and metabolic responses. ...

Researchers Identify Promising Protein Candidate for Metabolic Disease Treatment

May 28, 2024 — Discovery of an appetite-suppressing protein has doubled the potential for new avenues for treating obesity and metabolic disorders in animals and ...

Dermatologists Find Ultraviolet Irradiation Increases Appetite but Prevents Body Weight Gain

May 22, 2024 — Obesity and metabolic disorders are increasingly significant global public health issues. In a novel study, a team of dermatologists evaluated the effect of ultraviolet (UV) exposure on appetite and ...

Exercise Bouts Could Improve Efficacy of Cancer Drug

May 21, 2024 — Bouts of moderate-to-vigorous intensity exercise could improve the efficacy of antibody therapies used to treat chronic lymphocytic leukaemia, new research has ...

Longer Sprint Intervals Can Improve Muscle Oxygen Utilization Compared to Shorter Intervals

May 15, 2024 — Sprint interval training (SIT) is a form of exercise characterized by cycles of intense exercise which are interspersed by short durations of rest. In a recent study, researchers deep dive into the ...

Tech Can't Replace Human Coaches in Obesity Treatment

May 14, 2024 — Technology alone can't replace the human touch to produce meaningful weight loss in obesity treatment, reports a new study. Giving people technology alone for the initial phase of obesity ...

Far from Toxic, Lactate Rivals Glucose as Body's Major Fuel After a Carbohydrate Meal

May 14, 2024 — Scientists have documented the benefits of lactate burning in exercising humans, but few studies have looked at the role of lactate during rest or after a meal. Exercise physiologists challenged ...

Exercise, New Drug Class Recommended for Management of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

May 8, 2024 — Experts released a new clinical guideline for effectively managing individuals diagnosed with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). The guideline reiterates the importance of collaborative ...

When Working Out, Males Are Programmed to Burn More Fat, While Females Recycle It--at Least in Rats

May 2, 2024 — Vigorous exercise burns fat more in males than in females, but the benefits of exercise are broad for ...

Time-Restricted Eating and High-Intensity Exercise Might Work Together to Improve Health

May 1, 2024 — Combining time-restricted eating with high-intensity functional training may improve body composition and cardiometabolic parameters more than either alone, according to new ...

Scientists Work out the Effects of Exercise at the Cellular Level

May 1, 2024 — The health benefits of exercise are well known but new research shows that the body's response to exercise is more complex and far-reaching than previously thought. In a study on rats, a team of ...

Breakthrough in Brown Fat Research: Researchers Have Found Brown Fat's 'Off-Switch'

Apr. 29, 2024 — Researchers have found a protein that is responsible for turning off brown fat activity. This new discovery could lead to a promising strategy for safely activating brown fat and tackling obesity and ...