Dog owners get more exercise than gym members: Study

November 26th, 2009 LONDON - Exercise cannot cure the damage that heavy drinking may cause, says UK's health care system. A survey for NHS' Know Your Limits campaign has revealed that almost one in five people in England exercise to 'make up' for a heavy bout of drinking.

November 18th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A new study has revealed that daily physical exercise at school can significantly improve well-being of students from low socioeconomic background. In a study of German school children with high socio-economic status (SES) and one with low SES students, researchers examined specific cardiac risk factors.

October 29th, 2009 Obama: Health overhaul a boon to small businessesWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says small businesses that participate in a proposed government health care plan could save a quarter on their premiums by 2016. Obama on Thursday told small business leaders that few people have a bigger stake in health reform than they do.

October 27th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Exercise makes cigarettes look less attractive in the eyes of smokers, claims a new study. The study from the University of Exeter shows for the first time that exercise can lessen the power of cigarettes and smoking-related images to grab the attention of smokers.

October 27th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A regimen of aerobic exercise training can prove fruitful for lymphoma patients receiving chemotherapy, says a new study. Researchers from University of Alberta researchers found that a healthy dose of aerobic exercise training produced significant improvements in physical functioning and overall quality of life benefits in patients with lymphoma.

October 25th, 2009 WASHINGTON - When it comes to maintaining a healthy weight after shedding extra pounds, predictable factors like exercise and control over eating play a role, but so do factors at home like fewer TVs, fewer high-fat foods, and more exercise equipment, says a new study. "The home environment really came out as a stronger factor than we would have anticipated," said lead study author Suzanne Phelan, an assistant professor of kinesiology at California Polytechnic State University.

October 18th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Exercise is the key to improving both memory and mood after whole-brain radiation treatment that is used to treat brain cancer, says a new study. "This is the first demonstration that exercise can prevent a decline in memory after whole-brain radiation treatment," said lead researcher Sarah Wong-Goodrich of Duke University.

October 13th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Studying pet dogs with cancer may help achieve better understanding and new ways to treat human cancers, scientists believe. Dr. Chand Khanna and team at the Centre for Cancer Research at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) in Bethesda, US, think new therapies in clinical trials with dogs could help develop new cancer drugs, devices and imaging strategies for human cancer patients.

October 10th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The simple act of exercising and not fitness itself can convince you that you look better, says a new study. People who don't achieve workout milestones such as losing fat, gaining strength or boosting cardiovascular fitness feel just as good about their bodies as their more athletic counterparts, said Heather Hausenblas, University of Florida (U-F) exercise psychologist.

October 9th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Doing just a little exercise-not actually getting fit- can make you feel better about yourself, concludes a new study. According to the University of Florida study, people who don't achieve workout milestones such as losing fat, gaining strength or boosting cardiovascular fitness feel just as good about their bodies as their more athletic counterparts.

October 7th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Exercise training after stroke can significantly help patients to walk faster and longer, say researchers. A Cochrane review showed that stroke patients who participate in a post-stroke walking program walk faster, longer and more independently than non-exercisers.

October 4th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Fantasy sports can help improve mathematics test scores in schools, says a University of Mississippi researcher. To reach the conclusion, Kim Beason, associate professor of park and recreation management at UM, teamed up with Dan Flockhart, a former California middle school teacher who has written a series of mathematics textbooks.

September 3rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Exercise can help control weight regain after dieting by reducing appetite and burning fat before burning carbohydrates, according to a new study. According to researchers from the University of Colorado Denver, burning fat first and storing carbohydrates for use later in the day slows weight regain and may minimize overeating by inducing a feeling of fullness to the brain.

September 2nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Exercise helps prevent weight regain after dieting by cutting down appetite and burning fat, says a new study. Burning fat first and storing carbohydrates for use later in the day slows weight regain and may minimise overeating by signalling a sense of fullness to the brain.

September 1st, 2009 WASHINGTON - Regular consumers of alcohol are more likely to engage in vigorous exercise than abstainers, a new study has found. "Alcohol users not only exercised more than abstainers, but the differential actually increased with more drinking," said lead author Michael French a professor of health economics at the University of Miami.