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Let’s create physical conditions like “Dead Butt Syndrome” so we can promote our book and celebrity status.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 2, 2025 Source:“Dead Butt Syndrome” Is A Real Thing — Here’s How To Tell If You Have It
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Startup company plans to insert muscle implants that could allow mind-controlled prosthetics
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for December 10, 2024 Source:Muscle Implants Could Allow Mind-Controlled Prosthetics—No Brain Surgery Required
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“Exercise-in-a-pill” headlines are somewhat premature. Might be good for the mice in the study but earliest of the early days to muse if there are potential benefits down the road for people.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for November 19, 2024 Source:“Exercise-In-A-Pill” Could Bring Dementia-Fighting Benefits To People Who Can’t Work Out Reference:Activation of the muscle-to-brain axis ameliorates neurocognitive deficits in an Alzheimer’s disease mouse model via enhancing neurotrophic and synaptic signaling
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What is the available evidence regarding creatine use and muscle performance?
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for November 11, 2024 Source:The creatine conundrum: can it really help your muscles and your brain?
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Walking can be a powerful remedy for back pain according to Australian study
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for June 20, 2024 Source:Walking Can Be a Powerful Remedy for Back Pain Reference:Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of an individualised, progressive walking and education intervention for the prevention of low back pain recurrence in Australia (WalkBack): a randomised controlled trial
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Elevator or stairs? Your choice could boost longevity, study finds… if you adopt other healthy lifestyle and exercise activities.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for April 30, 2024 Source:Elevator or stairs? Your choice could boost longevity, study finds
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Just move! You don’t need an observational study to tell you that physical activity is a good way to mitigate the negative effects of sitting/sedentary activity
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for November 14, 2023 Source:Best ways to counter the harmful effects of sitting, according to research Reference:Device-measured physical activity and cardiometabolic health: the Prospective Physical Activity, Sitting, and Sleep (ProPASS) consortium
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Short bursts of intense exercise may be fine during pregnancy, a new study suggests. But the type of activity depends on the individual and what they did before pregnancy
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for August 16, 2023 Source:Short bursts of intense exercise may be fine during pregnancy, a new study suggests Reference:Maternal and Fetal Cardiovascular Responses to Acute High-Intensity Interval and Moderate-Intensity Continuous Training Exercise During Pregnancy: A Randomized Crossover Trial
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Some perspective needed about warnings in new study on the use of protein and creatine supplements that could be linked to body issues. We should should turn our attention to poorly regulated supplements like performance-enhancing drugs.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for March 20, 2023 Source:Use of protein, creatine supplements could be linked to body issues, new study shows Reference:Use of Legal Appearance- and Performance-Enhancing Drugs and Substances: Findings from the Canadian Study of Adolescent Health Behaviors