News tagged with exercise test
Heat acclimation benefits athletic performance
Turning up the heat might be the best thing for athletes competing in cool weather, according to a new study by human physiology researchers at the University of Oregon.
Oct 25, 2010 |
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A simple way for older adults to assess arterial stiffness: reach for the toes
How far you can reach beyond your toes from a sitting position - normally used to define the flexibility of a person's body - may be an indicator of how stiff your arteries are.
Oct 06, 2009 |
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Heavy exercise may produce asthma-like symptoms even in healthy children
Children who undergo brief periods of intense exercise may exhibit lung dysfunction or other symptoms similar to those experienced by asthma patients, even when no history of asthma exists, according to a study conducted ...
May 18, 2010 |
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New formula gives first accurate peak heart rate for women
Women who measure their peak heart rates for exercise will need to do some new math as will physicians giving stress tests to patients.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jun 28, 2010 |
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Excessive increase in heart rate before exercise doubles risk of sudden cardiac death in later life
French researchers have discovered a simple and cheap method of predicting who is at greater risk of dying suddenly and unexpectedly from a heart attack.
Apr 29, 2009 |
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Walking back to happiness
(PhysOrg.com) -- A unique exercise programme which has been proven to help women living with depression has been unveiled by researchers from The University of Nottingham.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 07, 2009 |
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Exercise-linked ventricular tachycardia is not a risk to healthy older adults
Healthy, older adults free of heart disease need not fear that bouts of rapid, irregular heartbeats brought on by vigorous exercise might increase short- or long-term risk of dying or having a heart attack, according to a ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Nov 17, 2009 |
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