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Dr. Barry Dworkin

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  • Your control of caloric intake will contribute more to weight loss than exercise

    July 8, 2019

    Health Headlines Commentary for July 8, 2019 Source:Exercising to lose weight? Keep track of what you eat, researchers say

  • The 10,000 steps: Marketing myths that make reality in its own self-interested image

    June 3, 2019

    Health Headlines Commentary for June 3, 2019 Source: Fitness: Do you really need to log 10,000 steps a day?

  • Observational study of people self-reporting their exercise regimen and mood (depression) found that those exercising 3-5 days/wk has 1.5 days of poor mental health per month.

    November 23, 2018

    Health Headlines Commentary for November , 2018 Source: Exercising 3 to 5 times a week brings biggest mental health benefits Reference: Association between physical exercise and mental health in 1·2 million individuals in the USA between 2011 and 2015: a cross-sectional study

  • When the copy editor does not even bother to read the article before writing a headline.

    August 15, 2018

    Health Headlines Commentary for August , 2018 Source: Move over cold medicines, exercise is the best cure for a runny nose Reference: Prior exercise training improves cold tolerance independent of indices associated with non‐shivering thermogenesis

  • Study states exercise promotes heart heart by slowing down the age-related changes to the arterial network

    May 23, 2018

    Health Headlines Commentary for May 23, 2018 Source: Exercising 4 to 5 days a week slows heart aging: study Reference: The effect of lifelong exercise frequency on arterial stiffness Analysis: Regular exercise may help keep your arteries ‘young’

  • Benefits of exercise are multifactorial even more so for children

    April 26, 2018

    Health Headlines Commentary for April 26, 2018 Source: How much exercise your kid needs, based on the latest research  

  • Exercise-mimicking pill far from being a “gamechanger”. It remains solely a hypothesis requiring human trials.

    March 7, 2018

    Health Headlines Commentary for March 7, 2018 Source: ‘Game-changer’ pill might be able to mimic the effects of exercise without having to run a single step  

  • Consuming coffee/caffeine before a workout to improve performance is over-caffeinated hyped advice by “experts”

    December 20, 2017

    Health Headlines Commentary for December 20, 2017 Source: Drinking coffee before a workout could boost performance: experts Reference:  There is not any because it is based on expert opinion of dubious quality. Expert opinion is near the bottom on the accepted quality of evidence scale. Existing studies cited in the article are based on mice…

  • Observational study cannot prove high-intensity exercise is harmful to your heart

    October 19, 2017

    Health Headlines Commentary for October 19, 2017 Source: Too much high-intensity exercise can be bad for your heart, study says Reference: 25-Year Physical Activity Trajectories and Development of Subclinical Coronary Artery Disease as Measured by Coronary Artery Calcium

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