Conference Highlights: ACC.19
New research was presented at ACC.19, the annual American College of Cardiology Scientific...
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Examining Exercise Counseling for Adults With Arthritis
Healthcare practitioners (HCPs) are increasingly providing exercise counseling to their patients...
Physical Activity Assessment Guide
Despite the well-established benefits of leading a physically active lifestyle, many adults in the...
Unhealthy Heart Behaviors: Getting Ahead of the Curve
The American Heart Association (AHA) has set a 2020 goal of improving the heart health of all...
Diabetes Side Effects: Breaking the Silence
Sexual and urologic complications among men and women with diabetes have historically received...
Who’s Hitting the Gym
The figure below shows the percentage of adults who met aerobic activity and muscle strengthening...
Group Education & Older Diabetics
Studies suggest that group-based diabetes education efforts can improve short- and long-term...
Can Dreaming About Exercising Lead to Weight Loss?
I was about to write one of my infrequent but famous spoof articles, and the subject was going to be losing weight by dreaming about exercising. For fun, I decided to search the Internet to see if anyone else might have had the...
Discussing New Cancer Prevention Guidelines
[xyz_lbx_custom_shortcode id=5] According to recent reports from national and international research teams, approximately one-third of all cancers can be prevented by maintaining a healthy weight, eating a healthy diet, and...
Physical Activity Reduces Colon Cancer Risks
Australian investigators suggest that physical activity helps reduce the risk of proximal and distal colon cancers. In a study, the risk of proximal colon cancer was 27% lower among the most physically active participants when...
Web-Based Intervention Gets Women Moving
A team of American researchers has found that a 12-week, web-based physical activity (PA) intervention appears to improve measures of PA and quality of life (QOL) among adult women. In the study, women aged 18 and older received...
Reducing Triglyceride Levels in Patients at Risk for CVD
Almost one-third of adults in the United States have elevated triglyceride levels (>150 mg/dL), and these levels are continuing to rise in adults aged 20 to 49 at rates that mirror those of obesity and diabetes diagnoses...
