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Helping Women at Risk for Breast Cancer to Exercise More and Lose Weight
A web- and phone-based intervention led to significant weight loss and a modest increase in moderate-to-vigorous activity in women at risk of breast cancer.
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Active Children: Do Higher Levels of Activity Help Prevent Depression?
This prospective study found moderate to vigorous physical activity in early childhood correlated with a decreased number of depressive symptoms in later years.
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Yoga for Lumbago?
A review of randomized, controlled trials of treatments for chronic non-specific, low back pain revealed that yoga provides improvements in back-related function compared to non-exercise controls at intermediate time points, and in pain scores in the short term. Also, yoga seems to be comparable to exercise interventions, although the quality of evidence was low enough to preclude us from knowing for sure.
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Beetroot Juice and Aerobic Endurance and Blood Pressure
Researchers found that drinking beetroot juice daily improves submaximal aerobic endurance in patients with cardiac failure and preserved ejection fraction.
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How Much More Physical Activity Helps Patients Avoid Chronic Diseases?
Higher levels of total physical activity are strongly associated with lower risk of five common chronic diseases: breast and bowel cancer, diabetes, heart disease, and stroke.
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High-intensity Intermittent Training for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
High-intensity intermittent training improves cardiac structure and function in addition to reducing liver and visceral fat mass among non-insulin dependent type 2 diabetics.
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In the News: Lipokinetix and Hepatitis
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In the News: St. John’s Wort Diminishes the Effect of Oral Contraceptives
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Proteolytic Enzymes for Chronic Pain Conditions
Bratman S. Proteolytic enzymes for chronic pain conditions. Altern Ther Women's Health 2002;4:28-30. -
Supplements for Female Sexual Dysfunction
Bratman S, Fugh-Berman A. Supplements for female sexual dysfunction. Altern Ther Women's Health 2002;4:25-28.