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Exercise can improve sleep quality but CNN fluff piece uses old low quality sleep studies irrelevant to general population
Health Headlines Commentary for May 30, 2017 Source: The healthiest way to improve your sleep: exercise Reference: Dose-response effects of exercise training on the subjective sleep quality of postmenopausal women: exploratory analyses of a randomised controlled trial. The effect of exercise training on obstructive sleep apnea and sleep quality: a randomized controlled trial.
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Kid’s inactivity negatively influences bone development
Health Headlines Commentary for March 24, 2017 Source: ‘Couch potato’ youth missing out on crucial bone development, new study finds Reference: Physical Activity, Sedentary Time, and Bone Strength From Childhood to Early Adulthood: A Mixed Longitudinal HR-pQCT study
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Mild exercise may hasten recovery in concussed children
Health Headlines Commentary for December 21, 2016 Source: Mild exercise may hasten recovery in concussed children Reference: Association Between Early Participation in Physical Activity Following Acute Concussion and Persistent Postconcussive Symptoms in Children and Adolescents
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Children’s activity levels undergoing technological social engineering experiment
Health Headlines Commentary for December 13, 2016 Source: Are Your Children Active Enough?
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Canada has one of the lowest child activity participation rates in the world according to ParticipAction study
Health Headlines Commentary for November 17, 2016 Source: Canadian kids among least active in the world: ParticipAction study
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Observational study concludes that exercising when angry may heart attack risk
Health Headlines Commentary for October 12, 2016 Source: Exercise, anger may trigger heart attacks: McMaster study Reference: Physical Activity and Anger or Emotional Upset as Triggers of Acute Myocardial Infarction
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Exercise offsetting cancer risk from alcohol consumption is tenuous at best and a sham at worst
Health Headlines Commentary for September 9, 2016 Source: Exercise may offset health risks of drinking: study Reference: Does physical activity moderate the association between alcohol drinking and all-cause, cancer and cardiovascular diseases mortality? A pooled analysis of eight British population cohorts For proper analysis read this: Can exercise offset some of the harms of regular…
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Study demonstrates your life expectancy is intertwined with what you eat, drink, smoke, and do
Health Headlines Commentary for August 18, 2016 Source: Canadian life expectancy: This is how much our bad habits cost us Reference: Measuring Burden of Unhealthy Behaviours Using a Multivariable Predictive Approach: Life Expectancy Lost in Canada Attributable to Smoking, Alcohol, Physical Inactivity, and Diet Project Big Life
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Muscle repair stymied by alcohol intake? Study says yes if you down 4-8 vodka/waters in 10 min post-exercise. NFK
Health Headlines Commentary for August 15, 2016 Source: Boozing after exercising is WORSE than skipping a work-out altogether: Alcohol ‘stunts muscle growth during exercise recovery period’ Reference: Effect of Acute Alcohol Ingestion on Resistance Exercise Induced mTORC1 Signaling in Human Muscle.