Archive for October, 2007

Physical Fitness Improves Asthma Management In Children

Monday, October 15th, 2007

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Children with asthma who improve their physical fitness are likely to experience beneficial effects on disease control and quality of life, according to a study published recently in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise , the official journal of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM). The results show aerobic training to be effective in improving cardiopulmonary fitness and decreasing daily use of inhaled steroids in asthmatic children, outcomes that should have positive implications for disease management in a group that tends to have lower cardiorespiratory fitness than their healthy counterparts.

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Reduce your Risk of Diabetes with Exercise

Tuesday, October 9th, 2007

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Most people know that exercise can help beat type 2 diabetes, but one type of fitness regimen might work best, a new study shows. Specifically, workouts that combine aerobic and resistance training exercises appear better at controlling blood sugar than either type of activity alone, researchers say. The finding is new, because “most other studies have looked at just one kind of exercise, either aerobic or resistance,” noted lead researcher Dr. Ronald J. Sigal, an associate professor of medicine and cardiac sciences at the University of Calgary, in Alberta, Canada. The study is published in the Sept. 18 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine.

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