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Some Like It Hot: Popular Yoga Style Cranks Up the Heat
ScienceDaily (Jan. 16, 2012) -- Yoga is one of the hottest fitness trends and a style known as "hot yoga" is gaining in popularity. Hot yoga refers to yoga practiced in a heated environment, with the room temperature generally reaching 90 to 105 degrees. The theory behind it is that hot yoga helps the body to sweat out toxins while allowing the practitioner to safely achieve deeper poses. Bikram is a common form of...
Scientific basis for yoga
FROM THE C.A.M. Report Dr. Timothy McCall, writing at YogaJournal.com, makes the case for yoga. Here's what we know. Stress Yoga is arguably the most comprehensive approach to fighting stress. Yoga improves the quality of life. It also appears to diminish the side effects of surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, and other treatments, and may increase the odds of survival. Many yoga practices, including quiet asana, slow breathing, meditation, and guided imagery, increase activation of the parasympathetic...
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Increased Use of Bikes for Commuting Offers Economic, Health Benefits
ScienceDaily (Nov. 2, 2011) -- Cutting out short auto trips and replacing them with mass transit and active transport would yield major health benefits, according to a study just published in the scientific journal Environmental Health Perspectives. The biggest health benefit was due to replacing half of the short trips with bicycle trips during the warmest six months of the year, saving about $3.8 billion per year from avoided mortality and reduced health care...
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Yoga Eases Back Pain in Largest U.S. Yoga Study to Date
ScienceDaily (Oct. 24, 2011) -- Yoga classes were linked to better back-related function and diminished symptoms from chronic low back pain in the largest U.S. randomized controlled trial of yoga to date, published by the Archives of Internal Medicine as an "Online First" article on October 24. But so were intensive stretching classes. "We found yoga classes more effective than a self-care book -- but no more effective than stretching classes," said study leader...
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Cheating Father Time: 50-Year-Old Can Be Every Bit as Fit as Someone 30 Years Younger, but Exercise Is Key
ScienceDaily (Oct. 11, 2011) -- Who is likely to be fitter: a lazy 20-year-old or an active 50-year-old? New research from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology's K.G. Jebsen Center of Exercise in Medicine provides statistical evidence that the 50-year-old can be every bit as fit as someone 30 years younger. But exercise -- how much, and how intense -- is the key, say K.G. Jebsen Center researchers. Middle-aged exercise buffs who might...
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Lift Weights, Eat Mustard, Build Muscles?
ScienceDaily (Sep. 29, 2011) -- If you are looking to lean out, add muscle mass, and get ripped, a new research report published in The FASEB Journal suggests that you might want to look to your garden for a little help. That's because scientists have found that when a specific plant steroid was given orally to rats, it triggered a response similar to anabolic steroids, with minimal side effects. In addition, the research found...
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Early to Bed and Early to Rise: Study Suggests It's Keeping Kids Leaner
ScienceDaily (Sep. 30, 2011) -- Ben Franklin was right, at least on the healthy part. "Early to bed and early to rise" appears to have helped a cross-section of early-bird Australian youths keep slimmer and more physically active than their night-owl peers, even though both groups got the same amount of sleep. A study in the Oct. 1 issue of the journal Sleep recorded the bedtimes and wake times of 2,200 Australian participants,...
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Some Exercise Is Better Than None: More Is Better to Reduce Heart Disease Risk
ScienceDaily (Aug. 1, 2011) -- Even small amounts of physical activity will help reduce heart disease risk, and the benefit increases as the amount of activity increases, according to a quantitative review reported in Circulation, journal of the American Heart Association. People who engaged in 150 minutes of moderate-intensity leisure activity had a 14 percent lower risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) compared to those who reported no exercise or physical activity. At...
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Grab the Leash: Dog Walkers More Likely to Reach Exercise Benchmarks
ScienceDaily (June 20, 2011) -- Man's best friend may provide more than just faithful companionship: A new study led by a Michigan State University researcher shows people who owned and walked their dogs were 34 percent more likely to meet federal benchmarks on physical activity The results, said epidemiologist Mathew Reeves, show that promoting dog ownership and dog walking could help many Americans -- of which fewer than half meet recommended levels of...
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Need a Nap? Find Yourself a Hammock
ScienceDaily (June 21, 2011) -- For grownups, drifting off for an afternoon snooze is often easier said than done. But many of us have probably experienced just how simple it can be to catch those zzz's in a gently rocking hammock. By examining brain waves in sleeping adults, researchers reporting in the June 21 issue of Current Biology, a Cell Press publication, now have evidence to explain why that is. The study finds...
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Strength Training for Grandma and Grandpa
ScienceDaily (June 11, 2011) -- People lose 30% of their muscle strength between the ages of 50 and 70 years. However, maintaining muscle strength in old age is enormously important in order to maintain mobility and to be able to lead an independent life and manage everyday tasks independently. In the current issue of Deutsches Ärzteblatt International, Frank Mayer and colleagues from the University of Potsdam conclude that progressive strength (resistance) training counteracts muscular atrophy...
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Brisk Walking May Help Men With Prostate Cancer
ScienceDaily (May 24, 2011) -- A study of 1,455 U.S. men diagnosed with early-stage prostate cancer has found a link between brisk walking and lowered risk of prostate cancer progression, according to scientists at the University of California, San Francisco and the Harvard School of Public Health. The scientists found that men who walked briskly -- at least three miles per hour -- for at least three hours per week after diagnosis...
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Siginificant Benefits of Yoga in People With Rheumatoid Arthritis
Siginificant Benefits of Yoga in People With Rheumatoid Arthritis, Study Shows ScienceDaily (May 28, 2011) -- Individuals with rheumatoid arthritis who practice yoga showed statistically significant improvements in disease activity, according to a small study presented at the EULAR 2011 Annual Congress. The results of the study conducted in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) among 47 patients (26 yoga patients and 21 controls) demonstrate that patients who completed 12 sessions of Raj yoga which...
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Tai Chi Appears to Benefit Quality of Life for Patients With Chronic Heart Failure
Tai Chi Appears to Benefit Quality of Life for Patients With Chronic Heart Failure, Study FindsScienceDaily (Apr. 26, 2011) -- Tai chi exercise appears to be associated with improved quality of life, mood and exercise self-efficacy in patients with chronic heart failure, according to a report in the April 25 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals."Historically, patients with chronic systolic heart failure were considered too frail to exercise and, through...
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Interval Training and Healthy Eating Is Solution to Obesity
Interval Training and Healthy Eating Is Solution to Obesity, Study ShowsScienceDaily (Apr. 29, 2011) -- A program which combines interval training and healthy eating practices seems to be perfectly indicated for those suffering from obesity, according to the results of a new study from the Montreal Hearth Institute's centre for preventive medicine and physical activity (ÉPIC Centre). Results of the study were announced at the National Obesity Summit, currently taking place in Montreal.Within the framework...
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Tai Chi Beats Back Depression in the Elderly
Tai Chi Beats Back Depression in the Elderly, Study ShowsScienceDaily (Mar. 20, 2011) -- The numbers are, well, depressing: More than 2 million people age 65 and older suffer from depression, including 50 percent of those living in nursing homes. The suicide rate among white men over 85 is the highest in the country -- six times the national rate. And we're not getting any younger. In the next 35 years, the number of Americans...
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Exercise Can Curb Marijuana Use and Cravings
Exercise Can Curb Marijuana Use and Cravings, Study FindsScienceDaily (Mar. 8, 2011) -- Vanderbilt researchers are studying heavy users of marijuana to help understand what exercise does for the brain, contributing to a field of research that uses exercise as a modality for prevention and treatment.Participants saw a significant decrease in their cravings and daily use after just a few sessions of running on the treadmill, according to a Vanderbilt study published March 3 in...
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Mindfulness Meditation Training Changes Brain Structure in Eight Weeks
Mindfulness Meditation Training Changes Brain Structure in Eight WeeksScienceDaily (Jan. 21, 2011) -- Participating in an 8-week mindfulness meditation program appears to make measurable changes in brain regions associated with memory, sense of self, empathy and stress. In a study that will appear in the January 30 issue of Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, a team led by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers report the results of their study, the first to document meditation-produced changes over time...
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Exercise Improve Symptoms in Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Exercise Improve Symptoms in Irritable Bowel SyndromeScienceDaily (Jan. 25, 2011) -- Physical activity improves symptoms in patients with IBS and is protective against symptom deterioration. This has recently been shown in a study from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.The study, which was conducted at Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Gothenburg and at Alingsås Hospital, included 102 IBS patients between the ages of 18 and 65. Half the group was randomly allocated to increase their physical activity...
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Yoga: More than exercise
Yoga: More than exerciseFrom The C.A.M. ReportYoga increases brain gamma-Aminobutyric acid (GABA) activity, which is reduced in mood and anxiety disorders.Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine studied whether the changes in mood, anxiety, and GABA levels are specific to yoga or simply the result of physical activity.First, the details. * Health people with no significant medical or psychiatric disorders were randomly assigned to a treatment group for 60 minutes 3 times a week for...
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