As hot yoga becomes more popular, authors of a study presented at the AHA’s Hypertension Sessions 2019 analyzed whether the practice is a safe and effective way to help manage hypertension.
Encouraging findings presented at the American Headache Society’s 61st Annual Scientific Meeting suggest that yoga could play a key role in a treatment regimen for migraine.
It is a common belief in the United States that the general population should aim for 10,000 steps per day. However, a new study suggests a lower step count may still confer a mortality benefit in older...
Physical activity is a top priority for improving exacerbation rates of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. This study aimed to better understand the influence of a web-based intervention...
The authors of a new study presented at DDW 2019 evaluated risk factors of liver-disease–related mortality using physical activity data of more than 100,000 individuals over 26 years.
Researchers determined whether a high-intensity or moderate-intensity exercise program would be more beneficial for patients with metabolic syndrome in cardiac rehabilitation. The findings will be presented...
To explore rates of sedentary behavior among the US population, researchers examined data from 5923 participants in the 2015-2016 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.
The Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans, 2nd edition, were issued by the US Department of Health and Human Services and were presented at the AHA Scientific Sessions 2018.
To test whether low stroke-volume reserve during exercise would accompany greater impairment in dynamic starling mechanism gain in patients with HFpEF, researchers studied 11 such patients at rest and...
