News tagged with maximal oxygen uptake

New prognostic indicator for patients with IPF

There may be a new way to predict mortality in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), a devastating disease that slowly petrifies the lungs. Most patients live only three years after diagnosis on average; however, ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Feb 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0




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Montana State University professor, students conduct research on the slopes

For people who would like to be better skiers and enjoy the sport more, Montana State University professor John Seifert has some tips.

Other Sciences / Other

created Apr 20, 2010 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A golden bullet for cancer: Nanoparticles provide a targeted version of photothermal therapy for cancer

In a lecture he delivered in 1906, the German physician Paul Ehrlich coined the term Zuberkugel, or "magic bullet," as shorthand for a highly targeted medical treatment.

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Mar 12, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (13) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Play yourself healthy: Soccer as treatment for lifestyle-related diseases

Other parallel experiments on both women and men further demonstrates that a regular game of soccer affects numerous cardiovascular risk factors such as maximal oxygen uptake, heart function, elasticity of the vascular system, ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 02, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Women's soccer -- get fit while having fun

New Danish research shows that women benefit more from playing recreational soccer than from running when it comes to overall fitness. And that's not all -- women playing soccer experience a higher degree of motivation when ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study shows that exercise reduces migraine suffering

While physical exercise has been shown to trigger migraine headaches among sufferers, a new study describes an exercise program that is well tolerated by patients. The findings show that the program decreased the frequency ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 26, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Olympic Games: Have we reached a plateau in terms of speed?

The world-record pace for the marathon continues to improve for both men and women. For men, the record pace for the marathon is now about as fast as the record pace for the 10,000-meter run just after World War II. Today, ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jul 31, 2008 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0


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