Variability in heart beat keeps the body in balance
Reduced heart rate variability (HRV) has been found to be predictive of a number of illnesses, such as congestive heart failure and inflammation. …
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Exercise boosts tumor-fighting ability of chemotherapy, team finds
Their work, performed in a mouse model of melanoma, found that combining exercise with chemotherapy shrunk tumors more than chemotherapy alone. Joseph Libonati, an associate professor in the School of Nursing and director of the Laboratory of Innovative and Translational Nursing Research, was the senior author on the study, which appears in the American Journal of Physiology. His collaborators included Penn Nursing’s Geetha Muthukumaran, Dennis Ding and Akinyemi Bajulaiye plus Kathleen Sturgeon, Keri Schadler, Nicholas J. …
Diet, exercise in cancer prevention, treatment: Focus of special journal edition — ScienceDaily
source : http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/05/140529100726.htm
Regular physical activity reduces breast cancer risk irrespective of age — ScienceDaily
source : http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/03/140320100816.htm
Breast cancer gene could play critical role in obesity, diabetes — ScienceDaily
source : http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/03/140312114836.htm
Exercise targets cellular powerhouses to improve heart function — ScienceDaily
source : http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/02/140212112749.htm
Breast cancer survivors reap benefits of weight training, study finds — ScienceDaily
source : http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/02/140213112620.htm
Research finds running may be better than walking for breast cancer survival — ScienceDaily
source : http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/01/140129115205.htm
Possible explanation for link between exercise, improved prostate cancer outcomes — ScienceDaily
source : http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/01/140120085056.htm
Patient loses over 120 pounds without surgery, medication
"Through my 40s I didn’t lead a healthy lifestyle. I ate what I wanted to eat and didn’t exercise at all. I really was just very inactive. …