Health experts at the Mayo Clinic have some advice for people who wear a mask while exercising: don’t go crazy. They recommend low to moderate intensity training, the kind of training that allows you to breathe well enough that your body can regulate its temperature. What kind of mask is […]
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What Exercise Does to Your Brain, Maybe
Gretchen Reynolds, estimable health writer for the New York Times, reports on some interesting research that suggests that exercise can make us a little sharper, especially if we are mice. The research, conducted largely at the University of California, San Francisco, infused blood from mice that exercised regularly into mice […]
For Heart and Brain Health, Eat More Capers
Chicken piccata is good for you, at least if it’s covered with enough capers. That’s the take home lesson from the University of California’s Irvine School of Medicine, where researchers have discovered that a compound named quercetin, commonly consumed when eating capers, can regulate proteins required for bodily processes such […]
Runners Should Distance 30 Feet
Runners can forget about the six foot margin for coronavirus safety. Because a runner’s wake can carry respiratory droplets much farther than the wakes of walkers (or standers), companion or competing runners directly behind a leader should hang back a good 30 feet. That’s the verdict of a computational model […]
Museum Goers Live Longer
Want to add a few years to your life? Start visiting museums. A recent study by researchers at the University College London found that, even accounting for income, education level and mobility, people who go to museums or attend concerts just once or twice a year had a 14 percent […]
Mindfulness Can Lower Blood Pressure
Lots of people have high blood pressure, and more than half of those who hav it fail to get it under control. Now comes research from Brown University suggesting that mindfulness may help. A Brown University news release reports that researchers at the school put 43 participants through a nine-week […]
Eat Plants, Save Your Brain
Eating more plant-based foods and less red meat in our middle years may reduce the risk of cognitive impairment further down the road. That verdict comes from researchers at the University of Singapore, who reviewed the dietary history of more than 17,000 people over a period of 20 years. Futurity […]
Some, Not All, Exercise Boosts Endocannabinoids
Most people who exercise know that they feel better, meaning happier, after working out. Researchers at Iowa State University now have a better understanding of why, and they also have some unanswered questions. An Iowa State University news release reports that the researchers worked with 17 women with depression, putting […]
Marathon Training Reverses Blood Vessel Aging
Turns out that daily running can turn back the clock on our blood vessels. That’s the conclusion or researchers at University College in London, who studied the blood vessels of 139 first time marathon runners, aged 21 to 69, before and after training, which consisted of running 6 to 13 […]
Danger in Trendy Workouts
Trendy intense workouts come with risks.