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The 10,000 steps: Marketing myths that make reality in its own self-interested image
Health Headlines Commentary for June 3, 2019 Source: Fitness: Do you really need to log 10,000 steps a day?
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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.
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
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When the copy editor does not even bother to read the article before writing a headline.
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
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Study states exercise promotes heart heart by slowing down the age-related changes to the arterial network
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’
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Benefits of exercise are multifactorial even more so for children
Health Headlines Commentary for April 26, 2018 Source: How much exercise your kid needs, based on the latest research
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Exercise-mimicking pill far from being a “gamechanger”. It remains solely a hypothesis requiring human trials.
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
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Consuming coffee/caffeine before a workout to improve performance is over-caffeinated hyped advice by “experts”
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…
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Observational study cannot prove high-intensity exercise is harmful to your heart
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