Some good news: Running does not appear to result in sustained wear and tear of healthy knee cartilage. A new study also suggests small, short-term alterations to cartilage after a run reverse within hours.... Read More
exercise and health
How Many Steps to Improve Health?
A daily walk totaling 10,000 steps was associated with a lower risk of heart disease, cancer, and dementia.... Read More
5 Exercises to Boost Your Brain
Doing moderate and vigorous exercise — even if for less than 10 minutes — appeared to be associated with much higher cognition scores than people who were more sedentary.... Read More
Blood Test for Suicide
The study authors hypothesized that serum LDH might be a biomarker for major depression, given LDH reflects a reduced energy metabolic status in depressed individuals.... Read More
Drop Your Blood Pressure
Are you a heavy consumer of alcohol? If the answer is yes, cutting back to moderate drinking levels can lower your systolic (top number) blood pressure by about 5.5 mm Hg and diastolic (lower number) by approximately 4 mm Hg.... Read More
Gut Health and Exercise Motivation
The microbiome is the microorganism community (including fungi, bacteria, and viruses) in an environment. In humans, “microbiome” is often used to describe the microorganisms living in or on a particular body part, such as the skin or gastrointestinal tract.... Read More