Squirrels that gamble win big when it comes to evolutionary fitness
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Researchers shed light on how exercise preserves physical fitness during aging
BOSTON — Proven to protect against a wide array of diseases, exercise may be the most powerful anti-aging intervention known to ...
Physical fitness a demographic watershed
Sedentary behavior, a large waist circumference, and advanced age: These factors are clearly associated with inferior physical fitness among people ...
Fitness levels can be accurately predicted using wearable devices – no exercise required
Cambridge researchers have developed a method for measuring overall fitness accurately on wearable devices – and more robustly than current ...
Exercise improves cardiorespiratory fitness during and after chemotherapy
During chemotherapy, physical exercise intervention is safe, improves long-term cardiorespiratory fitness, and alleviates some of the adverse effects of cancer ...
Fitness trackers reveal links between exercise, memory, and mental health
Exercise can improve your cognitive and mental health — but not all forms and intensities of exercise affect the brain ...
Exercise training program improves cardiorespiratory fitness in adults with chronic kidney disease
This randomized trial recently published in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases (AJKD) found that a 12- month program of ...
Children’s health will be negatively impacted by poorer fitness as global temperatures rise, new research shows
Record levels of obesity and physical inactivity among children mean they are set to bear the brunt of poorer health ...
Hype up fitness to support kids’ health post-lockdowns
As COVID-19 reaches record levels in the UK, health experts are calling for a focus on children’s physical fitness as ...
Smartwatches and fitness bands reveal individual physiological responses to COVID-19 vaccine
LA JOLLA, CA—A new digital health study by researchers at Scripps Research shows how data from wearable sensors, such as ...
Physical fitness linked to lower risk of Alzheimer’s disease
MINNEAPOLIS – People who are more physically fit are less likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease than people who are less ...
Handheld breathing device could reduce breathlessness and improve physical fitness in long COVID patients
New research presented at The Physiological Society’s Long COVID: Mechanisms, Risk Factors, and Recovery on 22 – 23 February shows ...
Altruism towards offspring: a study reveals details in diatoms’ fitness
Diatoms, single-celled algae typically enshrined in a siliceous cell wall, generally act as opportunistic organisms, reproducing uncontrollably in the presence ...
Aerobic fitness of elite soccer players linked to player positions
Researchers have linked the fitness of elite soccer players to the positions they play. The ability to make this assessment ...
Fitness sensor warns when you’re at your limits
Ultrathin nanomaterials, known as MXenes, are poised to make it easier to monitor a person’s well-being by analyzing their perspiration.Credit: ...
Decreased fungicide application causes the decline of resistant fungal pathogens indicating hidden in field fitness costs
The use of fungicides to treat plant pathogens dates back 150 years, when a mixture of lime and copper sulfate, ...
Aging-US: Green tea catechins enhance fitness and lifespan of Caenorhabditis elegans
Aging-US published "Green tea catechins EGCG and ECG enhance the fitness and lifespan of Caenorhabditis elegans by complex I inhibition" which ...
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Anu, previously gropod, awarded nearly $1 million competitive grant from the National Science Foundation
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International group of scientists warns nuclear radiation has devastating impacts on ecosystems
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Null results research now published by major behavioral medicine journal
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Latin American and Caribbean researchers detail colonialism in ornithology
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In search of the invisible galaxy
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Can pigeons match wits with artificial intelligence?