STUDIES

September 14, 2022

Women’s mental health more sensitive to exercise than men’s during pandemic

The effect of dietary and lifestyle choices on mental health is a topic that Lina Begdache, an assistant professor of health and wellness studies at Binghamton University, explores. Women’s mental health: According to recent research from Binghamton University, the State University of New York, women’s mental health during the COVID-19...

September 12, 2022

Sex Differences in Running Are More Complicated Than We Thought

A new study in the Journal of Applied Physiology, from Emily McClelland and Peter Weyand of Southern Methodist University, digs into the nuances on this topic, and finds evidence that different rules apply in short sprints compared to long endurance events. (Ultramarathons, as usual, are yet another story.) This is...

September 7, 2022

New study finds ‘strong evidence’ that exercise cuts breast cancer risk

A new study published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine found “strong evidence that greater levels of physical activity and less sedentary time are likely to reduce breast cancer risk, with results generally consistent across breast cancer subtypes”. Experts behind the research suggested there was now a clear cause-and-effect...

September 7, 2022

Your post-exercise ice bath is preventing you from building muscle

A study published in The Journal of Physiology argues that athletes using cooling methods to aid recovery may be preventing their bodies from synthesizing protein, an essential ingredient in the recovery process. Amino acids that come from ingested protein are crucial to rebuilding and strengthening muscles after exercise. Canadian Running

August 22, 2022

Why Isn’t There More Research on Menstruation in Sports? Dina Asher-Smith Calls For Action

In a report published in the Journal of Women's Health and Physical Therapy, researchers acknowledged that "the menstrual cycle has unique physiological and psychological effects on athletic performance. Fluctuations in sex hormones and symptoms of the menstrual cycle may impact one's ability to train and compete." POPSUGAR

August 15, 2022

Exercise, Chores, and Social Visits Can Help Lower Dementia Risk

Vigorous exercise was associated with a 35% lower risk of developing dementia. Healthline  

August 13, 2022

Concussion research largely excludes female athletes, study finds

There’s growing consensus on the danger of sport-related concussion — and how to treat athletes after head injuries. But a new study suggests: It relies almost exclusively on male athletes. Researchers said there could be several reasons for the disparity, such as women’s historic exclusion from sports and professional sports...

August 11, 2022

Science Shows You Can Go Farther and Faster with Music

A new study in the Journal of Human Kinetics showed that listening to music during a running time trial led to a 10% increase in total distance covered, as well as a 14% increase in speed. There was also evidence of 8% lower blood lactate concentration in those who listened to...

August 3, 2022

An Unconventional Training Idea for Older Women

A new paper in the Journal of Sports Sciences, in setting up what turns out to be a highly unusual and interesting experiment, casually drops this little fact-bomb in its opening sentence: “The cardiac phenotype of a substantial fraction of the population, i.e., mature women, is mainly unresponsive to endurance...

August 2, 2022

Aerobics isn’t the only exercise that can slow mild cognitive decline, study finds

Rudy Tanzi, a professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School in Boston, welcomed the findings that a modest amount of exercise -- 120 to 150 minutes per week for 12 months -- may slow cognitive decline in sedentary older adults with mild cognitive impairment. CNN

July 26, 2022

Exercise more than the recommended amounts for the longest life, study says

Researchers analyzed more than 116,000 adults in a study published Monday in the American Heart Association journal Circulation. Participants self-reported their leisure time activity in questionnaires several times over the course of 30 years, and researchers estimated the association between the time and intensity of exercise with rates of death....

July 20, 2022

Study: Female athletes make up just 3% of visuals from media publishers

Female athletes make up only three per cent of visuals published by media organisations, according to a new study led by Getty Images. That striking low figure comes despite 78 per cent of the brands and organisations surveyed in the VisualGPS research project saying they would like to see female...

July 12, 2022

Global Exercise Physiologist and Nutrition Scientist, Dr. Stacy Sims Launches Micro-Learning Collections on Supplements, Energy Levels and Women’s Health

/SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/ - Forward thinking exercise physiologist Dr. Stacy Sims introduces a collection of short, comprehensive courses around nutrition, supplement and women’s health topics designed to give women athletes fact-based science and research on the most pressing and trending topics.  Known for her ‘Women are Not Small Men’ lectures and...

July 11, 2022

You can’t exercise your way out of a bad diet, study shows

A new study published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine examined the diets and exercise patterns of 360,600 British adults over the course of 11 years. They looked at the amount of exercise each participant did in an average week and how vigorous it was to see if people...

July 8, 2022

Study: Women’s sport could be better long-term investment than men’s

Women’s sport could be a better long-term bet for investors than men’s competitions, according to new research from from The Sports Consultancy (TSC) and accountancy and business advisory firm BDO. While acknowledging that women’s sport is still in an early stage of its development, the report states that it can...

June 29, 2022

Participate: Parity Women’s Sports Fan Survey

Parity, a startup created to close the gender pay gap in sports sponsorship, is conducting research on fans of women's sports. Submit your answers by Monday, July 5, for a chance to win a Parity swag bag. Google

June 29, 2022

A third of women won’t exercise because of how their skin looks, a new study finds

From knowing what to do at the gym to training on your own and trying to meet difficult goals, there are many things that can put you off when getting started. While many of these things are easy enough to overcome and your nerves will almost certainly subside within the...

June 24, 2022

New study explains why you can’t eat after a hard run

There is evidence to suggest that appetite may be suppressed after a hard workout, due to alterations in hunger hormones and metabolism. In a recent study in Nature, researchers at Stanford University, Baylor College of Medicine in Houston and elsewhere identified a metabolite molecule that’s released into the blood during...

June 21, 2022

Women Have Stronger Immune Systems: Why That’s Not Always a Good Thing

Experts say women’s immune systems have a stronger initial response to most illnesses. However, they note the strong response can cause some long-term health issues, including the development of autoimmune diseases. They say the differences in immune systems can be partly attributed to hormones and chromosomes. They say this information could help...

June 21, 2022

Which Women’s Sports Benefited The Most From Title IX?

The first half-century of Title IX — 1972’s gender-equality law that banned sex-based discrimination in federally funded educational institutions — saw women’s sports in America undergo a period of profound growth and evolution. Five Thirty Eight

June 15, 2022

The best exercise time is different for men and women, study finds

A new study finds there are optimal times of day for achieving specific goals with exercise. The research shows that for women, in particular, exercising in the morning or evening produces different results. The study also includes the effect of exercise times on an individual’s mood. Medical News Today

June 8, 2022

Can wellness apps grow up to be medical devices?

Several startups, including January AI, Signos, Levels Health and Supersapiens, swear that continuously monitoring your blood sugar levels will lead to better health and might even help you slim down. But to get the promised results, those companies need to connect to FDA-approved medical devices to know how a person’s...

June 7, 2022

The Female College Sports Fan: Who is She?

An interesting report from LEARFIELD, entitled “Intercollegiate Fan Pulse Report: Empowering the Influence of the Female Fan,” highlights the empowering influence of female fans in collegiate athletics and exactly how to focus marketing efforts to engage women more than ever before. BCS

June 2, 2022

Coffee Drinking Linked to Lower Mortality Risk, New Study Finds

The research found that those who drank moderate amounts of coffee, even with a little sugar, were up to 30 percent less likely to die during the study period than those who didn’t drink coffee. NY Times (paywall)

May 24, 2022

Can Exercise Help Make Therapy More Effective? A Pair of Studies Suggests It Might

For many people, exercise is a whole lot more than just a way to make physical progress. And if you’ve been running for awhile, you’ve probably read about (or experienced) the many ways exercise can benefit your mental health. It doesn’t take all day to reap the benefits of a...