Thursday, September 20, 2007

Exercise news 20/09/2007

Woman's exercise session turns gory (Straits Times)
AN EXERCISE session at a public-fitness park in Woodlands Circle turned gory for a woman on Wednesday evening. The 50-year-old was using a piece of exercise equipment shaped like the steering wheel of a car when an exposed metal shard pierced her palm.

Exercise helps lift cloud of depression (Charleston Daily Mail)
Regular exercise could help lift the cloud of major depression as effectively as an antidepressant, research shows.

Exercise on par with drugs for aiding depression
In a study of 202 depressed adults, investigators found that those who went through group-based exercise therapy did as well as those treated with an antidepressant drug. A third group that performed home-based exercise also improved, ...

Study: Exercise May Help Diabetes Type 2 Patients
The value of hemoglobin fraction A1c is very important because it reflects changes in blood sugar over the previous two to three months. ...

Soccer provides more exercise kick (Baltimore Sun)
Study finds players are fitter and healthier than joggers Keen observers of human anatomy have long suggested that, in the pantheon of sports figures, pound for pound, soccer players have the best bodies. Now, researchers in Denmark are suggesting that soccer players get a better brand of exercise as well, at least compared to joggers.

 
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