STUDIES

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...

May 18, 2022

Are water stations useless for 5Ks and 10Ks?

After participating in Toronto’s Sporting Life 10K a couple of weeks ago, I was curious to know how many of the top 50 runners grabbed water at 8 km. My friend who was working the water station told me zero–no takers. Obviously, races are required to have water stations, but...

May 18, 2022

Why Running at Night Feels Harder

The new study, published in the European Journal of Applied Physiology, had 15 volunteers do a series of ten-minute treadmill walks in four conditions: with and without a 56-pound pack, and with and without a blindfold on. The treadmill was set at a comfortable pace of around 30 minutes per...

May 17, 2022

What We Know (And Don’t Know) About Menstruation and Endurance Running

This article serves as a reference, covering what we people currently know about menstruation, the hormones involved, the impact they may or may not have on performance, and what practical habits women can bring into training and racing of all menstruating friends, athletes, and loved ones. It helps optimize running...

May 12, 2022

For Runners, Fertility Often Has a Complicated Relationship with the Sport They Love

“Some research shows exercise is important for overall health and wellbeing—including fertility—but other research warns against exercise negatively impacting fertility,” says Dr. Lora Shahine, reproductive endocrinologist at Pacific NW Fertility in Seattle and host of the Baby or Bust podcast. Womens Running

May 6, 2022

Skin Spews Telltale Gases for Health Trackers to Tap Into

Scientists are doing experiments to see whether sensors might be added to wearables to tell us even more about our health based on gases released by our skin. WebMD

May 4, 2022

New study finds exercise improves heart health even more for those with anxiety and depression

A new study from the American College of Cardiology suggests that regular exercise can decrease the likelihood of heart complications by 22 per cent in individuals with anxiety and depression, compared to 10 per cent in those who don’t. Put simply, exercise seems to have stronger benefits for the heart...

May 2, 2022

Scientists say they have nailed down the ideal amount of sleep in middle and old age

New research has found that around seven hours of sleep is the ideal night's rest, with insufficient and excessive sleep associated with a reduced ability to pay attention, remember and learn new things, solve problems and make decisions. CNN

April 19, 2022

What Americans Keep Getting Wrong About Exercise

In 2009, New York Times writer Gretchen Reynolds discovered something big: Readers loved to click on stories about tiny increments of exercise. That June, Reynolds wrote her first story about single-digit high-intensity interval training, or HIIT. The piece, titled “Can You Get Fit in Six Minutes a Week?,” described a study...

April 18, 2022

There’s New Data on How Your Arm Swing Affects Running

You can’t run fast without using your arms—or can you? Scientists have had a hard time agreeing on exactly why we swing our arms, and whether there are specific ways we can use our arms to speed ourselves up. The latest addition to a century’s worth of often conflicting research...