‘Physical activity’

Exercise can cause arthritis

Sunday, January 24th, 2010

Exercise

While we usually talk positive things in the exercise, it also be fair and emphasize the negative aspects of the practice over the year. Everything in excess is bad, and physical activity is also on the list, in fact, recent research has stressed about it.

From the University of California, San Francisco, Dr. Christoph Stehling has conducted an investigation which has been proposed to measure the effects of excessive exercise on the body, proving that this can cause arthritis.

She worked with people aged between 45 and 50 years who were followed for physical activity, and then underwent magnetic resonance to discern the health of your bones. The findings showed that participants who performed vigorous exercise had a greater damage in the knee and were at risk of developing arthritis. (more…)

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How Increase Intelligence?

Friday, January 22nd, 2010

physical activity

If I ask you list the benefits of physical activity you many will come to mind. Anyway including not occurs to you to say that exercise to those who practice it becomes more intelligent. However, according to a Swedish study, led by Mary Alberg of Institution of Neuroscience and Physiology, has found that young people with physical fitness score higher on intelligence tests.

According to studies conducted with rodents physical exercise improves memory and cognition. This work is the first to reveal an association between cardio respiratory endurance and improving cognitive abilities. (more…)

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