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Posted by Catherine Forsythe in Featured Articles, Health and Fitness on 11 24th, 2009 | No Comments

Different Exercise Results for Men and Women

In a longitudinal study of exercise results for men and women, the men have a decided advantage when it comes to stroke risk: “Moderate-to-high intensity exercise such as jogging, swimming or tennis may help reduce stroke risk in older men but not in women, researchers report. The study included...

Posted by Catherine Forsythe in Featured Articles, Health and Fitness on 11 20th, 2009 | 1 Comment

The Science Behind Exercise and Anxiety

Folk wisdom always has advocated exercise as a means of coping with stress. Now researchers are gaining some insight into why this works, at a neural level: “Researchers at Princeton University recently made a remarkable discovery about the brains of rats that exercise. Some of their neurons respond...

Posted by Catherine Forsythe in Featured Articles, Health and Fitness on 11 17th, 2009 | No Comments

Wii Fit Exercises Questioned

One of the marketing strategies of Nintendo is that it contributes to fitness with Wii Fit. That claim now is being questioned: “The intensity of an exercise program on Nintendo’s highly popular fitness title Wii Fit amounts to a “very, very mild workout,” says a study from the...

Posted by Catherine Forsythe in Featured Articles, Health and Fitness on 11 17th, 2009 | No Comments

Women’s Health: Recommended Age for Regular Mammograms Changes

It is not a recommendation for high risk groups or those with a family history of breast cancer. There is a recommendation to delay regular mammograms until age fifty: “A U.S. government group recommends that women delay getting regular mammograms until age 50, instead of 40, the age at which...

Posted by Catherine Forsythe in Featured Articles, Health and Fitness, Marathon and Triathalon on 11 2nd, 2009 | 1 Comment

Painful New York Marathon for Paula Radcliffe

Paula Radcliffe had a fourth place finish in the New York Marathon. For most competitors, that would be a reassuring finish. However, for Paula Radcliffe, it meant disappointment and pain: “… The way she stopped and vented her agony after finishing fourth, clasping her left leg, proved...

Posted by Catherine Forsythe in Featured Articles, Health and Fitness on 10 29th, 2009 | No Comments

Erroneous Report of the Death of Orlando Thomas

There are times when the strange confluence of events is remarkable. And so it was with the erroneous report of the death of former star safety, Orlando Thomas: “Former Vikings All-Pro safety Orlando Thomas did not die Wednesday morning, as was reported on the Vikings’ own website, according...

Posted by Catherine Forsythe in Featured Articles, Health and Fitness on 10 28th, 2009 | 2 Comments

Gay Culverhouse Fights for the NFL Players

Gay Culverhouse is fighting to save lives while managing her own illness. She has cancer and renal failure; and she has been told that it is terminal. Nevertheless, she has unfinished business and it involved the well being of former professional football players: “… Culverhouse looked...

Posted by Catherine Forsythe in Featured Articles, Health and Fitness on 10 27th, 2009 | No Comments

Fitness After Forty Five

The research study included over twenty thousand people. It measure fitness in relation to an age variable. The significant age mark seems to be forty five: “… “The U.S. population is aging and is becoming more obese and sedentary,” Andrew Jackson, PED, from the University...

Posted by Catherine Forsythe in Featured Articles, Health and Fitness on 10 24th, 2009 | 1 Comment

Cycling and Arthritis

It’s so confusing. The benefits of bicycling are obvious. It contributes to cardiovascular fitness. It can save some dollars. And it helps the planet, among all the other positives. Now, however, comes a research study that links cycling with arthritis: “Cyclists and people who spend...

Posted by Catherine Forsythe in Featured Articles, Health and Fitness on 10 21st, 2009 | No Comments

Michelle Obama Promoting Fitness

Sometimes, being the First Lady means expending loads of energy. And so it was with Michelle Obama today – with a hula hoop, a skipping rope and an obstacle course: “… On a brilliant autumn day on the White House’s South Lawn, Obama also jumped rope (less successfully). She...

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