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March 9, 2022
Organs have their own pace of aging, a Chinese study finds
People are aging constantly, but individual organs have their own pace. The study published on Wednesday in the journal Cell Reports reported multiple "clocks" within the human body. An international team led by Chinese scientists measured the varying biological ages of his or her organ systems. News
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March 5, 2022
Doing 30 to 60 minutes of one exercise weekly could help you live longer, study says
Strengthening exercises most benefit your muscular and skeletal health, but they could have two other big perks: helping you prevent disease and live longer, according to new research published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. CNN
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March 3, 2022
A New Program Aims to Close the Gender Gap in Sports Science Research
It’s well established that women are grossly underrepresented in sports-science research. A 2014 review of 1,382 exercise medicine studies found that only 39 percent of study participants were women. Isolate sports-performance studies, and the gap only grows: women accounted for a mere 3 percent of study participants. Outside Online
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March 1, 2022
Are you struggling with PCOS? Insights from the Apple Women’s Health Study
The Apple Women’s Health Study is a first-of-its-kind study led by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, and Apple to gain a deeper understanding of menstrual cycles and gynecologic conditions in the modern age, including how to better predict gynecologic diseases like...
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February 23, 2022
Exercise Can Build Up Your Brain. Air Pollution May Negate Those Benefits
Work out in polluted air and you may miss out on some of the brain benefits of exercise, according to two, large-scale new studies of exercise, air quality and brain health. The studies, which involved tens of thousands of British men and women, found that, most of the time, people...
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February 13, 2022
Exercising right after vaccination can boost immune response
New research from Iowa State University has found a long bout of moderately intense exercise following COVID-19 or influenza vaccination can amplify the body’s immune response. The study showed 90 minutes of exercise immediately after vaccination increased antibody responses four weeks later. New Atlas
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February 8, 2022
Women’s Sport: Record viewing in 2021 according to Women’s Sports Trust research
Almost 33 million people watched domestic women's sport in 2021 with The Hundred and Women's Super League driving growth; Chelsea FC Women's Instagram interactions higher than 12 of the men's Premier League teams during the 2021-22 season. Skysports
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January 24, 2022
Study reveals impact 10 minutes of exercise can have on adults over 40
More than 110,000 US deaths could be prevented each year if adults over 40 added 10 minutes of daily moderate to vigorous physical activity to their normal routines, according a study published Monday in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine. An increase of 20 or 30 minutes could lead to even more lives...
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January 20, 2022
Misogyny ‘rife’ on football message boards with fans expressing ‘hostile and sexist attitudes’, research finds
Researchers say the findings are proof of a backlash against the increased visibility of women's sport since the 2012 London Olympics and the 2015 Women's World Cup; study at Durham University shows "hostile and sexist attitudes" are more common than progressive views on message board. Sky Sports
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January 18, 2022
55% of US female cyclists started or returned during pandemic, shows research
The National Bicycle Dealers Association (NBDA), has revealed that 55.4% of female cyclists started or returned during the pandemic, as found by the trade-org in its Bicycling Buying 2021 Consumer Research Study. While 56.8% of adult bicycle and e-Bike riders in 2020 and 2021 were male and 42.6% were female,...
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January 17, 2022
More than half of women cyclists started riding or returned to it during the pandemic
Nearly 56% of female cyclists riding today either started cycling during the pandemic or returned to it after a layoff, according to the National Bicycle Dealers Association's Bicycling Buying 2021 Consumer Research Study. Bicycle Retailer
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January 12, 2022
How Exercise May Tame Our Anxiety
To higher deal with all of the dispiriting information this winter about rising Covid-19 circumstances and a lot else, you would possibly need to get out and play within the snow, based on a brand new report. The large-scale study of almost 200,000 cross-country skiers discovered that being bodily lively...
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January 5, 2022
How ‘Muscle Memory’ May Help Us Get in Shape
Muscles develop a lasting molecular “memory” of past resistance exercises that helps them bounce back from long periods of inactivity. NY Times (paywall)
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January 4, 2022
Studies show that women who are sports fans do not necessarily have to participate in more games
New research shows that even American women who identify themselves as very enthusiastic sports fans see less frequent athletic events than women who say they are less interested. Overall, a survey of more than 2,800 women found that the average woman rated herself as a moderate sports fan, with 87%...
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January 4, 2022
New Study On The Menstrual Cycle And Athletic Performance
A December 2021 study in Frontiers in Physiology by an amazing research team led by Ritva S. Taipale-Mikkonen looked at question directly: do changes during the menstrual cycle impact running performance? Trail Runner
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December 28, 2021
A Few Minutes of High-Intensity Exercise Per Day Can Reduce Your Risk of Liver Disease, New Research Shows
Whether you enjoy a daily walk or prefer high-intensity sprints, it's well known that exercising regularly can improve your overall health. No matter how you choose get a sweat session in, a new study conducted by researchers from Western Sydney University found that working out daily can prevent liver disease....
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December 22, 2021
How Exercise May Affect Our Alcohol Consumption
People who work out regularly and are aerobically fit tend to guzzle a surprising amount of alcohol, according to a new study, well timed for the holidays, of the interplay between fitness, exercise and imbibing. New York Times (paywall)
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December 22, 2021
Concussions On The Rise in Women’s Soccer, Volleyball
Because of increasing rates of concussions in women’s soccer and volleyball, researchers say that more attention needs to be paid to the trajectories of the incidences of concussions in the sports. In the study, “Epidemiology of Concussions in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Sports: 2014,15-2018/19,” the researchers describe the epidemiology...
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December 15, 2021
How Exercise Affects Metabolism and Weight Loss
A new analysis of data from “The Biggest Loser” highlights the complex ways the body compensates when we drop pounds. Now a new scientific analysis of the show and its aftermath, published last month in the journal Obesity, suggests many beliefs about “The Biggest Loser” may be misconceptions. The analysis tries...
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December 13, 2021
Your brain benefits from just a 10-minute run
New research out of the University of Tsukuba in Japan has found that only running for two kilometres still has great health benefits. It seems a 10-minute run will not only make you feel better but can potentially improve your brain health. During the study, researchers asked participants to go...
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December 9, 2021
Can an Athlete’s Blood Enhance Brainpower?
What if something in the blood of an athlete could boost the brainpower of someone who doesn’t or can’t exercise? Could a protein that gets amplified when people exercise help stave off symptoms of Alzheimer’s and other memory disorders? That’s the tantalizing prospect raised by a new study in which researchers injected...
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December 1, 2021
How Staying Physically Active May Protect the Aging Brain
Simple activities like walking boost immune cells in the brain that may help to keep memory sharp and even ward off Alzheimer’s disease. NY Times (paywall)
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November 24, 2021
How Exercise Affects Your Appetite
A new study which involved overweight, sedentary men and women and several types of moderate exercise, found that people who worked out did not overeat afterward at an enticing buffet lunch. However, they also did not skip dessert or skimp on portions. The findings offer a reminder during the holidays that while...
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November 22, 2021
Male runners vs. female runners: how do their nutrition needs differ?
Over the last few decades, a lot of research has gone into nutrition and how it affects running performance. Unfortunately, the majority of that research has been done on male subjects and it is only recently that sports scientists have begun looking specifically at the nutritional needs of female athletes. Not...
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November 22, 2021
New research outlines how longer lives are tied to physical activity
A team of evolutionary biologists and biomedical researchers from Harvard are taking a run at it (sometimes literally) in a new study published in PNAS. The work lays out evolutionary and biomedical evidence showing that humans, who evolved to live many decades after they stopped reproducing, also evolved to be...
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