Recent Longevity News for the seven days ending 2/20/08.  You should consult your doctor if you are taking any medications.

Overweight And Obese Men Have Lower PSA Values, Even Before They Get Prostate Cancer - Science Daily, 2/19/08 - "mildly obese men's PSA scores were fourteen percent lower than normal-weight men, and moderately and severely obese men had 29 percent lower PSA values ... Doctors have proposed that overweight and obese men have lower PSA scores because their bodies have a greater volume of blood"

Before A CT Scan Or Angiogram, Many People Should Take Inexpensive Drug To Protect Kidneys - Science Daily, 2/18/08 - "The inexpensive drug, called N-acetylcysteine, can prevent serious kidney damage that can be caused by the iodine-containing "dyes" that doctors use to enhance the quality of such scans ... N-acetylcysteine is already widely used to clear mucus in cystic fibrosis patients, and to treat overdoses of acetaminophen" - See n-acetyl cysteine at Amazon.com.

Half Of Heart Patients Significantly Underuse Effective Heart Medications, Many Because Of Cost - Science Daily, 2/18/08 - "American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association guidelines recommend heart attack patients receive treatment with a beta-blocker, a statin cholesterol-lowering drug, an angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor or angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB), and aspirin. A combination of the drugs has reduced coronary heart disease death by 80 percent compared to placebo"

Prostate Cancer Treatment Can Be Risky - WebMD, 2/18/08 - "men who got ADT were 17% more likely to die than those who opted for close observation ... It's possible that the men who received ADT got the treatment because of rising PSA levels, indicating worse disease ... But it's also possible that hormone therapy, which has been associated with heart disease, osteoporosis, and other health problems, could have compromised survival"

New Clue on Brain Problems and Diabetes - WebMD, 2/18/08 - "Too much of a stress-related hormone may be at the root of memory and other common brain-related diabetes complications ... increases in the stress hormone caused a drop in brain cell regeneration and a decline in memory formation in the rats. But normalizing the levels of the stress hormone reversed many of these negative effects and restored relatively normal brain function, regardless of changes in insulin production" - They are talking about cortisol.  See the 2/17/08 Science Daily article below.  I've been stressing the importance of keeping cortisol under control since the beginning of my website about 10 years ago.  See my home page (item 22) and cortisol page.  There has been a lull in news on it though.  Also see my cortisol page for ways to reduce it.  Phosphatidylserine is supposed to reduce cortisol by 30% but I can't find anything that tells you for how long.  If it reduces it by 30% for 20 minutes it probably isn't worth it.  If it's for 24 hours then it's a good deal even though phosphatidylserine is expensive.  If anyone finds a graph on it, please forward it to me.

Probiotic Cuts Respiratory Illness Rates In Endurance Athletes, Study Suggests - Science Daily, 2/18/08 - "The probiotic Lactobacillus substantially cuts the rate and length of respiratory illness in professional long distance runners ... athletes taking the probiotic had less than half the number of days of symptoms of their colleagues taking the placebo ... Respiratory symptoms while taking Lactobacillus lasted 30 days compared with 72 days while taking the placebo" - [Nutra USA] - See my favorite Garden of Life, Primal Defense at Amazon.com.

Nutrients to Nip Heart Risk? - Dr. Weil, 2/18/08 - "To lower your homocysteine levels you should first reduce the amount of animal foods in your diet. Beyond that, your main strategies should be to make sure that you get plenty of vitamins B6, B12 and folate from your diet and from supplements. I recommend taking a daily multivitamin supplement that provides 400 mcg of folic acid as well as at least 50 mg of vitamin B6. It should also give you 50 mcg of B12 along with the other B vitamins. However, since B12 isn't always well absorbed through the stomach, you might consider taking it in spray form or sublingually (tablets that dissolve under the tongue)"

Lipoic acid and carnitine combo show diabetes potential - Nutra USA, 2/18/08 - [Abstract] - "the combination of LA and LCAR increased the mass, oxygen consumption, mitochondrial DNA expression, and fatty acid oxidation in the fat cells ... However, the treatments with LA or ALC alone at the same concentrations showed little effect on mitochondrial function and biogenesis ... Lipoic acid and acetyl-L-carnitine have become very hot after our reports on the complementary effects on improving memory and ambulatory activity in old rats" - See acetyl l-carnitine products at Amazon.com and alpha lipoic acid at Amazon.com.

Statins, NSAIDs vs. Prostate Cancer - WebMD, 2/18/08 - "Men with prostate cancer who take cholesterol-lowering statin drugs or anti-inflammatory drugs live longer than those who don't take the drugs ... men who reported ever taking statins were 41% to 65% less likely to die during the course of the study than men who didn't. Men who took NSAIDs were 53% to 61% less likely to die than those who didn't"

Stress Hormone Impacts Memory, Learning In Diabetic Rodents - Science Daily, 2/17/08 - "A new study in diabetic rodents finds that increased levels of a stress hormone produced by the adrenal gland disrupt the healthy functioning of the hippocampus, the region of the brain responsible for learning and short-term memory. Moreover, when levels of the adrenal glucocorticoid hormone corticosterone (also known as cortisol in humans) are returned to normal, the hippocampus recovers its ability to build new cells and regains the "plasticity" needed to compensate for injury and disease and adjust to change"

Finding the Right Prostate Cancer Diet - WebMD, 2/15/08 - "poultry and eggs double the risk of prostate cancer progression ... orange and yellow vegetables, such as squash, yams, and carrots, and cruciferous vegetables, such as broccoli, cut the risk of recurrence by about half ... If you eat chicken or poultry, eat it without the skin ... the men's overall PSA doubling time was nearly four times slower after they began drinking pomegranate juice"

Low Vitamin B12 in Pregnancy Linked to Insulin Resistance in Offspring - Medscape, 2/15/08 - "Low plasma vitamin B12 in the first trimester and high folate levels in the second trimester of pregnancy predispose offspring to insulin resistance ... An imbalance in the vitamin B12 and folic acid levels produces the "undesirable effects,""

Science stacks up for choline's health benefits - Nutra USA, 2/15/08 - "the highest average intake of choline (above 310 mg per day) was associated with CRP, IL-6, and TNF-alpha levels 22, 26 and six per cent lower, respectively, than in people with the lowest average intake (less than 250 mg per day)" - [Abstract]

Heavy Cell Phone Use Linked to Cancer, Study Suggests - Science Daily, 2/14/08 - "Those who used a cell phone heavily on the side of the head where the tumor developed were found to have an increased risk of about 50% for developing a tumor of the main salivary gland (parotid), compared to those who did not use cell phones"

Blood Pressure Drug May Also Reduce Risk Of Heart Attack, Stroke, Animal Study Suggests - Science Daily, 2/14/08 - "aliskiren not only lowered blood pressure but also significantly reduced artery-clogging lesions that are the leading cause of heart attack and stroke, the top cause of death worldwide" - I'm still a telmisartan fan until I see more research on renin inhibitors.

Berries and pomegranate - the ultimate Valentine's combo? - Nutra USA, 2/14/08 - "The results of this study demonstrated, for the first time, that daily consumption of PJ for seven weeks caused increased spermatogenic cell density, epididymal sperm concentration, sperm motility and decreased abnormal sperm rate related with decreased lipid peroxidation in male rats ... Forty-seven per cent of subjects reported erections improvements as a result of pomegranate juice, compared to only 32 per cent in the placebo group" - See pomegranate at Amazon.com.

Why Patients Stop Taking Statins and What Can Be Done About It - Medscape, 2/14/08 - "Another reason why patients might stop taking lipid-lowering therapy may be sleep disturbance, which has been associated with statins" - That's something I didn't know.  If you are taking statins, you might want to take them in the morning instead of the evening.

Men Who Are Continually Active At Work May Have Decreased Prostate Cancer Risk, Study Suggests - Science Daily, 2/13/08 - "The message from this study for today is that if you’re more active, you may be able to prevent this cancer from happening"

Fatty Fast Food, Idleness May Vex Liver - WebMD, 2/13/08 - "The students were asked to gain 5% to 15% of their body weight in a month by eating at least two daily meals at fast-food restaurants and adopting a sedentary lifestyle ... On average, the students gained 14 pounds, added 2.6 inches to their waistline, and padded their body fat percentage by 3.7% during the study ... Blood samples provided by the students throughout the study show a spike in levels of the liver enzyme alanine aminotransferase (ALT). ALT levels rose quickly -- typically within a week -- after the students started the fast-food diet"

A Ray Of Sunshine In The Fight Against Cancer: Vitamin D May Help - Science Daily, 2/13/08 - "It sounds too good to be true … a little inexpensive pill that could block the development of some cancers, strengthen bones, prevent multiple sclerosis and alleviate winter depression ... But it’s not science fiction. The “new aspirin” could be Vitamin D ... during the winter, Canadians take at least 1,000 units a day of Vitamin D" - See vitamin D at Amazon.com.

Aspirin Associated With Reduced Colorectal Cancer Risk in Men - Medscape, 2/12/08 - "men who reported regular aspirin use (at least 2 times per week) had a significantly lower risk of colorectal cancer compared with those who were not regular aspirin users (multivariate RR, 0.79) ... However, men reporting 6 to 14 standard aspirin tablets per week had a multivariate RR of 0.72, and those consuming more than 14 tablets per week experienced a multivariate RR of 0.30" - Note: A RR of 0.79 is a 21% reduction, a RR of 0.30 is a 70% reduction.

Abstracts from this week's Doctor's Guide Nutrition/Dietetics plus abstracts from my RSS feeds (Click here for the journals, the PubMed ones at the top):

Effects of Ramipril on Endothelial Function and the Expression of Proinflammatory Cytokines and Adhesion Molecules in Young Normotensive Subjects With Successfully Repaired Coarctation of Aorta A Randomized Cross-Over Study - J Am Coll Cardiol. 2008 Feb 19;51(7):742-749 - "Ramipril reversed the impaired endothelial function and decreased the expression of proinflammatory cytokine IL-6, sCD40L, and adhesion molecules in normotensive subjects with SCR. These findings imply that ramipril treatment may have antiatherogenic effects in subjects with SCR, even in the absence of arterial hypertension" - Note:  Ramipril was my first line choice for combo therapy.

Effect of Co-enzyme Q10 and Alpha-Lipoic Acid on Response of Rabbit Urinary Bladder to Repetitive Stimulation and In Vitro Ischemia - Urology. 2008 Feb 15 - "CoQ10 showed no protective effect. alpha-LA resulted in increased contractile responses of the control bladder and showed a moderate protective effect for all forms of stimulation. The combination, however, showed a significantly greater increase in the contraction of the control bladder and a greater protective effect than alpha-LA alone"

Vitamin D improves endothelial function in patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus and low vitamin D levels - Diabet Med. 2008 Feb 13 - "Vitamin D supplementation significantly decreased systolic blood pressure by 14 mmHg compared with placebo ... Vitamin D insufficiency is common in patients with Type 2 diabetes during winter in Scotland. A single large dose of oral vitamin D2 improves endothelial function in patients with Type 2 diabetes and vitamin D insufficiency" - See vitamin D at Amazon.com.

N-Acetylcysteine prevents ifosfamide-induced nephrotoxicity in rats - Br J Pharmacol. 2008 Feb 18 - "NAC markedly reduces the severity of renal dysfunction induced by ifosfamide with a significant decrease in elevations of serum creatinine (57.8+/-2.3 vs 45.25+/-2.1 mumol l(-1)) as well as a reduced elevation of beta(2)-microglobulin excretion (25.44+/-3.3 vs 8.83+/-1.3 nmol l(-1)) and magnesium excretion (19.5+/-1.5 vs 11.16+/-1.5 mmol l(-1)). Moreover, NAC significantly improved the ifosfamide-induced glutathione depletion and the decrease of glutathione S-transferase activity, lowered the elevation of lipid peroxides and prevented typical morphological damages in renal tubules and glomeruli" - See n-acetyl cysteine at Amazon.com.

Lipoic acid and carnitine combo show diabetes potential - Diabetologia. 2008 Jan;51(1):165-74. Epub 2007 Nov 17 - "Treatments with the combination of LA and ALC at concentrations of 0.1, 1 and 10 mumol/l for 24 h significantly increased mitochondrial mass, expression of mitochondrial DNA, mitochondrial complexes, oxygen consumption and fatty acid oxidation in 3T3L1 adipocytes. These changes were accompanied by an increase in expression of Pparg, Ppara and Cpt1a mRNA, as well as increased expression of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) gamma coactivator 1 alpha (Ppargc1a), mitochondrial transcription factor A (Tfam) and nuclear respiratory factors 1 and 2 (Nrf1 and Nrf2). However, the treatments with LA or ALC alone at the same concentrations showed little effect on mitochondrial function and biogenesis" - See acetyl l-carnitine products at Amazon.com and alpha lipoic acid at Amazon.com.

Fatty acid status and behavioural symptoms of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in adolescents: A case-control study - Nutr J. 2008 Feb 14;7(1):8 - "ADHD adolescents consumed more energy and fat than controls but had similar anthropometry. ADHD children consumed equivalent amounts of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids to controls, however they had significantly lower levels of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA, 22:6n-3) and total omega-3 fatty acids, higher omega-6 fatty acids and a lower ratio of n-3:n-6 fatty acids than control subjects. In addition, low omega-3 status correlated with higher scores on several Conners' behavioural scales ... These data suggest that adolescents with ADHD continue to display abnormal essential fatty acid profiles that are often observed in younger children and distinctly different from normal controls of similar age. Further these red blood cell fatty acid differences are not explained by differences in intake. This suggests that there are metabolic differences in fatty acid handling between ADHD adolescents and normal controls. The value of omega-3 supplements to improve fatty acid profiles and possibly behaviours associated with ADHD, need to be examined" - See Jarrow Max DHA at Amazon.com and Mega Twin EPA at iHerb.

Dietary choline and betaine intakes in relation to concentrations of inflammatory markers in healthy adults: the ATTICA study - Am J Clin Nutr. 2008 Feb;87(2):424-30 - "Compared with the lowest tertile of choline intake (<250 mg/d), participants who consumed >310 mg/d had, on average, 22% lower concentrations of C-reactive protein (P < 0.05), 26% lower concentrations of interleukin-6 (P < 0.05), and 6% lower concentrations of tumor necrosis factor-alpha" - See citicholine at Amazon.com.

Combined effects of swim training and ginseng supplementation on exercise performance time, ROS, lymphocyte proliferation, and DNA damage following exhaustive exercise stress - Int J Vitam Nutr Res. 2007 Jul;77(4):289-96 - "These findings suggest that the combined effect of swim training and ginseng supplementation sustain lymphocyte function in the presence of reduced ROS production and DNA damage following acute exercise stress"

Erectile Dysfunction in Patients with Hyper- and Hypothyroidism: how Common and Should We Treat? - J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2008 Feb 12 - "ED was more prevalent in patients with hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism compared to controls ... ED is extremely common in males with dysthyroidism. Treatment of the latter restores erectile function"

Comparison of therapeutic effects of omega-3 fatty acid eicosapentaenoic acid and fluoxetine, separately and in combination, in major depressive disorder - Aust N Z J Psychiatry. 2008 Mar;42(3):192-8 - "EPA + fluoxetine combination was significantly better than fluoxetine or EPA alone from the fourth week of treatment. Fluoxetine and EPA appear to be equally effective in controlling depressive symptoms. Response rates (>/=50% decrease in baseline HDRS) were 50%, 56% and 81% in the fluoxetine, EPA and combination groups, respectively" - See Mega Twin EPA at Amazon.com.

Daidzein-rich isoflavone aglycones are potentially effective in reducing hot flashes in menopausal women - Menopause. 2008 Jan-Feb;15(1):125-32 - "When comparing the two treatment groups with the placebo group, there were significant reductions in mean daily hot flash frequency. The supplement (either 40 or 60 mg) reduced hot flash frequency by 43% at 8 weeks (P = 0.1) and 52% at 12 weeks (P = 0.048) but did not cause any significant changes in endogenous sex hormones or thyroid hormones" - See Nature's Way EstroSoy Plus Fermented Soy Extract + Black Cohosh at iHerb.

Dietary salt restriction increases plasma lipoprotein and inflammatory marker concentrations in hypertensive patients - Atherosclerosis. 2008 Feb 8 - "low sodium intake (LSI) ... LSI induced alterations in the plasma lipoproteins and in inflammatory markers that are common features of the metabolic syndrome"

Long Term N-Acetylcysteine and L-Arginine Administration Reduces Endothelial Activation and Systolic Blood Pressure in Hypertensive Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus - Diabetes Care. 2008 Feb 11 - "The NAC+ARG administration seems to be a potential well-tolerated antiatherogenic therapy since it improves the endothelial function in hypertensive patients with type 2 diabetes by improving NO bioavailability via reduction of the oxidative stress and increase of NO production. Our study's results give prominence to its potential use in the primary and secondary cardiovascular prevention in these patients"

Weight gain and psychiatric treatment: Is there a role for green tea and conjugated linoleic acid? - Lipids Health Dis. 2007 May 3;6:14 - "Here we report on four cases of social anxiety disorder treated with the atypical antipsychotic quetiapine. Self-administration of conjugated linoleic acid and green tea extract may have influenced objective anthropomorphic measurements; each patient had an unexpected decrease in total body fat mass, a decrease in body fat percentage and an increase in lean body mass. Since weight gain is a common and undesirable side-effect with psychiatric medications, our observation strongly suggests the need for controlled clinical trials using these agents" - See green tea extract at Amazon.com and conjugated linoleic acid at Amazon.com.

Effects of conjugated linoleic acid and exercise on bone mass in young male Balb/C mice - Lipids Health Dis. 2006 Mar 23;5:7 - "Conjugated Linoleic Acid (CLA) has been reported to lower body fat mass. However, weight loss is generally associated with negative effects on bone mass, but CLA is reported to have beneficial effects on bone ... a combination therapy of CLA and EX on bone health has not been studied ... although CLA decreased gain in body weight by 35%, it however increased bone mass by both reducing bone resorption and increasing bone formation. EX also decreased gain in body weight by 21% and increased bone mass; but a combination of CLA and EX, however, did not show any further increase in bone mass" - See conjugated linoleic acid at Amazon.com.

N-acetylcysteine for the prevention of postoperative atrial fibrillation: a prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled pilot study - Eur Heart J. 2008 Feb 8 - "The result of this study indicates that NAC treatment decreases the incidence of postoperative AF" - See n-acetyl cysteine at Amazon.com.

Neat Gadgets:

I’ve been seeing this on TV.  It sounds like a must have for people with overseas relatives.  It got PC Magazine Editor's Choice.  You could send one to your relative and they could call unlimited to the US for $19.95/year ($39.95 for the first year to pay for the gadget) or you could bring it with you when traveling overseas and call home for free:

http://www.magicjack.com - for some reason, if you leave out the www (i.e. magicjack.com vice www.magicjack.com) it won't come up.  It brings you to some site in the Neatherlands.

For the basic features see (It’s got free voice mail, caller ID, call forwarding and call waiting):

http://help.magicjack.com/SupportFaq/Browse.aspx

The three way calling only works if the call is incoming though.

See the unbiased reviews at:

http://help.magicjack.com/SupportFaq/Home.aspx

I couldn't tell any difference in voice quality.  See:

Smart Talk at Work and Home - YMax magicJack - Reviews by PC Magazine - "voice quality that's almost indistinguishable from a straight analog POTS line"

I received the magicJack in 2 days and set it up in about a minute. I can’t tell the difference between it and the regular phone as far as voice quality or anything else but make sure you perform the magicFix optimize thing. I’ve very happy with it.  My extra cordless phone hasn’t come in yet from Amazon.com so currently I forwarded my home phone to the magicJack number so I could use magicJack throughout the house with the cordless phones I have and I’ll forward the magicJack to my cell when I’m out. I’m going to switch my regular phone number over to it when that option becomes available and save $40 per month. I’ll just forward the magicJack to my cell phone at night when the computer is off or else let the voice mail handle it.  I use the cell phone as a backup alarm clock anyway plus it's a time chance to recharge it at the same time.

Just for kicks, I activated the overseas prepaid option with $5 on my credit card. That’s almost 3 hours to Taiwan if I were ever to call there.

It will probably be like stamps.com where as soon as it becomes popular they will quadruple the price but even then it would be a great deal.

International rates are cheap.  The last time I checked, a call to Hong Kong was 2 cents per minute.  It costs more than that for local tool calls with AT&T.  If the person in the foreign country has magicJack, calls to the US and Canada are free.  Also if both the foreign user has magicJack and the US caller places an outgoing call via magicJack (magicjack to magicJack) it is free.  For the rates, see http://www.ymaxcorp.com/clec_rates.html.

The magicJack display on the computer screen has a neat call log showing incoming calls in green, outgoing in blue and missed calls in red.

To always have the call forwarding window just a click or two away, in Internet Explorer, I went "Tools - Internet Options" and put the following as Home Page:

http://qualitycounts.com/daily.htm
http://my.magicjack.com/

You could also make it a desktop icon and drag it into Quick Launch.  I did both.  Just bring up http://my.magicjack.com/ and go "File - Send - Shortcut to Desktop" and then drag the desktop icon into Quick Launch.  To change the picture of the icon, right click it and select whatever you want.  You might also want to add it to the Startup Menu.  Go "Start - All Programs" then right click "Startup" and select "Open" and then drag the magicJack desktop icon into that folder.  If you don't do that you need to remember to open that program every time you turn the computer on or the phone won't work.

I’m not affiliated with magicJack but I am with Amazon.com.  If you need a phone to go with it, here is one that tells you who is calling between calls which is great for people like me who need to put on their reading glasses to see the caller ID readout (my affiliate link).  You can expand it up to four phones.  I assume everyone already knows that on the newer cordless phones, only the phone with the answering machine needs to be plugged into a phone jack:

Panasonic KX-TG6052B 5.8 GHz FHSS Expandable Digital Cordless Phone System with 2 Handsets

Actually you can save $1.55 by getting magicJack at Amazon.com (click here).  The magicJack site charges $46.90 with shipping whereas Amazon.com is $45.35 with shipping.  However, I don't think you can beat the shipping speed when ordering it directly.  It took 2 days for me to receive it in San Diego from Florida via USPS.  I ordered it at 4:30 AM on 2/14 and received it on 2/16.

Some of the cons:

• 3 way calling only works if the call is incoming.
• You must have your computer on.
• No 900 number service - you'll have to give up the sex talks with the elderly ladies pretending to be babes.
• You need a computer for call forwarding.  You can't do it remotely via the telephone.
• The only way I could see be notified of a voice mail was via email although most people would probably use their own answering machine anyway and just use the voice mail when you are talking on the phone and someone else calls.
• The number is not listed in the white pages.  So if you transfer you home phone number when that option becomes available, you'll basically have an unlisted number.

Health Focus (Exercise):

Alternative News Regarding Exercise:

• Exercise Enhancement and Risk Precautions - Life Extension Foundation
• Popular Supplements for Sports & Fitness - Vitacost Health Library
• Athletic Performance - Vitacost Health Library
• Sprains and Strains - Vitacost Health Library
• Sports & Fitness Health Center - Vitacost Health Library
• Sports Injuries - Vitacost Health Library
• Astaxanthin may boost muscle endurance and fat loss - Nutra USA, 2/5/08 - "astaxanthin supplementation "accelerated the decrease of body fat accumulation with exercise training" - [Abstract] - Note:  Astaxanthin is just one of over 600 carotenoids.  The problem with taking large doses of just one carotenoid is that it may cause a deficiency of the others.  I had a study on that but the link went dead.  I tried to find it via http://www.archive.org/web/web.php but it was a .asp web page and it appears that it doesn't work with those extensions. (Click here and see the OnHealth.com, 5/2/00 article).  I take Jarrow Formulas, CarotenALL, Mixed Carotenoid Complex at Amazon.com.
• Astaxanthin improves muscle lipid metabolism in exercise via inhibitory effect of oxidative CPT I modification - Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2008 Feb 22;366(4):892-7 - "Astaxanthin increased fat utilization during exercise compared with mice on a normal diet with prolongation of the running time to exhaustion. Colocalization of fatty acid translocase with carnitine palmitoyltransferase I (CPT I) in skeletal muscle was increased by astaxanthin. We also found that hexanoyl-lysine modification of CPT I was increased by exercise, while astaxanthin prevented this increase. In additional experiment, we found that astaxanthin treatment accelerated the decrease of body fat accumulation with exercise training"
• Sedentary Lifestyles Associated With Accelerated Aging Process - Science Daily, 1/28/08 - "Telomere length decreased with age, with an average loss of 21 nucleotides (structural units) per year. Men and women who were less physically active in their leisure time had shorter leukocyte telomeres than those who were more active. ... "The mean difference in leukocyte telomere length between the most active [who performed an average of 199 minutes of physical activity per week] and least active [16 minutes of physical activity per week] subjects was 200 nucleotides, which means that the most active subjects had telomeres the same length as sedentary individuals up to 10 years younger, on average."" - I'm must be in fat city on this one.  I must have averaged 60 minutes per day since I've been 18 which comes to 420 minutes per week.  Maybe that's the main reason people claim I look young. Plus I've always taken vitamin D which helps with telomere length also. - Ben
• Fitness Cuts Men's Death Rate - WebMD, 1/22/08 - "Compared to men with a low level of fitness, death rates were 50% lower for highly fit men and 70% lower for men in the "very fit" category"
• Oral administration of vitamin C decreases muscle mitochondrial biogenesis and hampers training-induced adaptations in endurance performance - Am J Clin Nutr. 2008 Jan;87(1):142-9 - "The administration of vitamin C significantly (P = 0.014) hampered endurance capacity"
• Moderate Exercise Cuts Rate Of Metabolic Syndrome - Science Daily, 12/17/07 - "a person can lower risk of MetS by walking just 30 minutes a day, six days per week ... Before exercising regularly, 41 percent of the participants met the criteria for MetS. At the end of the 8-month exercise program, only 27 percent did"
• Exercise May Play Role In Reducing Inflammation In Damaged Skin Tissue - Science Daily, 11/28/07 - "moderate exercise sped up how fast wounds heal in old mice ... the improved healing response “may be the result of an exercise-induced anti-inflammatory response in the wound.” ... Cytokines are molecules that signal and direct immune cells, such as macrophages, to the site of an infection ..."
• Study: Stretching Won't Prevent Sore Muscles - WebMD, 10/17/07
• Alpha-tocopherol supplementation prevents the exercise-induced reduction of serum paraoxonase 1/arylesterase activities in healthy individuals - Eur J Clin Nutr. 2007 Sep 19 - "Alpha-T supplementation may result in protection of the enzyme PON 1/Aryl activities from free radical production"
• Extra Sleep Boosts Athletic Performance - WebMD, 6/13/04
• Exercise May Boost 'Good' Cholesterol - WebMD, 5/29/07 - "Participants who got at least two hours per week of aerobic exercise had a modest rise in their HDL cholesterol level ... the gains in HDL cholesterol levels translate to a 5% drop in men's heart disease risk and more than a 7% drop in women's heart disease risk"
• Drinking Fluids Doesn't Cool Runners - WebMD, 5/10/07
• Maintain Healthy Muscle Mass As You Age - Life Extension Magazine, 1/07 - "By adopting a regimen that includes dietary modifications, hormone replacement therapy as indicated, nutritional supplements, and exercise, it is possible to dramatically improve lean muscle mass at virtually any age"
• Coffee helps douse workout pain - MSNBC, 1/10/06 - "Those who consumed caffeine one hour before the maximum force test had a 48 percent reduction in pain compared with the placebo group"
• Poor Athletic Performance Linked To Vitamin Deficiency - Science Daily, 12/27/06 - "Current national B-vitamin recommendations for active individuals may be inadequate, and athletes who follow the recommended daily allowances set by the U.S. government may be receiving lower amounts of nutrients than there bodies need"
• Red Wine Ingredient Increases Endurance, Study Shows - New York Times, 11/16/06 - "Resveratrol makes you look like a trained athlete without the training" - See iHerb or Vitacost resveratrol products.
• Exercise Important in Reducing Size of Abdominal Fat Cells - Doctor's Guide, 8/8/06 - "The diet-alone group had no changes in abdominal fat cell size. However, both exercise groups had decreases of about 18% in the size of their abdominal fat cells"
• Coenzyme Q10 and exercise training in chronic heart failure - Eur Heart J. 2006 Aug 1 - "CoQ10 main effect was: peak VO2+9%, EDDBA +38%, systolic wall thickening score index (SWTI) - 12%" - See iHerb or Vitacost coenzyme products.
• Exercise in Itself Improves Blood Glucose Control in Type 2 Diabetes - Doctor's Guide, 7/24/06 - "exercise helps regulate blood glucose (sugar) levels, increases the body's sensitivity to insulin, and decreases blood lipids (fats) while also helping to burn body fat ... Participants who exercised had an overall decrease of 0.6% of A1c levels. While that may not sound like much, it represents a 30% improvement towards the goal of attaining an A1c of 7%, and a 20% improvement towards a normal A1c of 6%"
• Exercise: Key to good sex, good sleep - CNN, 6/20/06 - "exercise in the afternoon can help deepen shut-eye and cut the time it takes for you to fall into dreamland ... exercise has also been linked to a better sex life"
• Key Sugar Sweetens Athletic Performance - HealthDay, 1/12/06 - "The women were tracked on how they performed on 2,000-meter rowing time trials over eight weeks ... The women who took the dextrose drink showed a median improvement of 15.2 seconds over eight weeks, compared to a median improvement of 5.2 seconds among the women who took the ribose drink" [WebMD] - See dextrose at Amazon.com.  By my calculations, 10 grams would be 3.125 teaspoons or about a tablespoon and would be 37.5 calories.  It's worth a try to see if it makes my jogging a swimming easier. - Ben
• Exercise could build brain cells in elderly, study suggests - USAToday, 9/20/05 - "Older mice that exercised on a running wheel developed new brain cells and learned a new task more effectively than older mice that took it easy all day"
• Sleep May Be Athletes' Best Performance Booster - Psychiatric News, 8/19/05
• A Few 30 Second Sprints As Beneficial As Hour Long Jog - Science Daily, 6/2/05
• Moderate Exercise Reduces Risk of Colon Cancer Recurrence - Doctor's Guide, 5/20/05 - "disease-free survival was 49% lower in patients who engaged in 18 to 27 MET-hours/week of physical activity, compared with those who exercised less than 3 MET-hours/week. "This is equivalent to a 2 to 3 mph walk a day, 6 days a week, running fast 2 times a week or playing tennis 3 a week,""
• Fighting fat - MSNBC, 5/10/05
• Physical Activity in Old Age Keeps Mind Sharp - WebMD, 12/28/04 - "elderly men who decreased the duration or intensity of their physical activity level over a 10-year period experienced a greater decline in cognitive skills, such as attention, memory, and language skills, than men who maintained the intensity of their physical activity"
• Pre-Exercise Stretching May Not Be Helpful - WebMD, 9/24/04
• What’s the Best Workout? - Dr. Weil, 8/27/04
• Study Shows Vitamins C And E Can Prevent Metabolic Damage In Extreme Exercise - Science Daily, 7/15/04 - "ultramarathon runners who used supplements of vitamins C and E for six weeks prior to their races totally prevented the increase in lipid oxidation that is otherwise associated with extreme exercise"
• Vitamin E benefits athlete recovery, further antioxidant evidence  - Nutra USA, 6/24/04 - "This study clearly showed that supplementation with these antioxidant vitamins could help prevent the significant levels of lipid oxidation that are associated with intense exercise"
• Is Stretching Useless? - Dr. Weil, 6/24/04
• Got Exercise? Workouts Better for Bone Health - WebMD, 6/11/04
• Study: Stretching Doesn't Prevent Injuries - Intelihealth, 3/29/04
• Fish Oil May Help Elite Athletes - WebMD, 11/14/03 - "Among the athletes with exercise-induced asthma, there was an almost 80% improvement in a lung function test taken 15 minutes after exercise. The athletes also reduced their use of bronchodilators by 20% after exercise"
• Benefits of Exercise Reach Deep in the Brain - Psychiatric News, 11/7/03
• Exercise May Be Better Than Diet for Heart - WebMD, 11/7/03
• Exercise: What A Little Can Do - Time Magazine, 9/22/03 - "Even 30 minutes a day of moderate exercise, such as walking, led to a weight loss of 14 lbs. over a year. Women who worked out vigorously for an hour a day lost only 6 lbs. more. The second study, part of the Women's Health Initiative, showed that women who exercised moderately for 75 to 150 minutes a week were 18% less likely than inactive women to develop breast cancer. The more the women exercised, the more their risk declined, but once again the incremental difference was small"
• What’s the Right Time to Exercise? - Dr. Weil, 8/25/03
• Stretching: Is It Optional? - Dr. Weil, 8/4/03
• Vitamin E, Exercise Prevent Aging Damage - WebMD, 7/31/03 - "Whether they exercised or not, those taking vitamin E pills had the same reduction in harmful substances known as free radicals -- unstable molecules that damage cells and are believed to contribute to the development of some 200 different diseases, many of them age-related. The levels of a blood marker that signals free-radical damage were cut in half ... Basically, vitamin E prevents free radicals from bumping into cell walls and destroying them" - See my favorite, Jarrow FamilE (contains all eight members of the vitamin E family, includes Tocomin) at Amazon.com.
• Iron Improves Muscle Strength and Endurance - New Hope Natural Media, 4/10/03 - "after six weeks of iron supplementation, the women had 10 to 15% less muscle fatigue after the fourth minute of leg exercises, and leg muscle strength after completion of the exercises was increased by 26.5%" - See iHerb or Vitacost iron supplements.
• How much physical activity is enough to prevent unhealthy weight gain? - Obes Rev 2003 May;4(2):101-14 - "The following consensus statement was accepted unanimously. 'The current physical activity guideline for adults of 30 minutes of moderate intensity activity daily, preferably all days of the week, is of importance for limiting health risks for a number of chronic diseases including coronary heart disease and diabetes. However for preventing weight gain or regain this guideline is likely to be insufficient for many individuals in the current environment. There is compelling evidence that prevention of weight regain in formerly obese individuals requires 60-90 minutes of moderate intensity activity or lesser amounts of vigorous intensity activity. Although definitive data are lacking, it seems likely that moderate intensity activity of approximately 45 to 60 minutes per day, or 1.7 PAL (Physical Activity Level) is required to prevent the transition to overweight or obesity. For children, even more activity time is recommended. A good approach for many individuals to obtain the recommended level of physical activity is to reduce sedentary behaviour by incorporating more incidental and leisure-time activity into the daily routine"
• Best Remedies for Tendonitis? - Dr. Weil, 10/24/02

News & Research Regarding Exercise:

• Men Who Are Continually Active At Work May Have Decreased Prostate Cancer Risk, Study Suggests - Science Daily, 2/13/08 - "The message from this study for today is that if you’re more active, you may be able to prevent this cancer from happening"
• Recreational Physical Activity and Cancer Risk in Subsites of the Colon (the Nord-Trondelag Health Study) - Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2008 Jan;17(1):183-8 - "Overall, we found an inverse association between recreational physical activity and colon cancer risk, but subsite analyses showed that the association was confined to cancer in the transverse and sigmoid colon. The adjusted HR, comparing people who reported high versus no physical activity, was 0.44 (95% CI, 0.25-0.78) for cancer in the transverse colon and 0.48 (95% CI, 0.31-0.75) for cancer in the sigmoid colon. The corresponding HR for cancer mortality was 0.33 (95% CI, 0.14-0.76) for the transverse colon and 0.29 (95% CI, 0.15-0.56) for the sigmoid colon. For rectal cancer, there was no association with physical activity in these data"
• Surprise -- Cholesterol May Actually Pose Benefits, Study Shows - Science Daily, 1/10/08 - "Three days a week for 12 weeks, participants performed several exercises, including stretching, stationary bike riding and vigorous weight lifting ... At the conclusion of the study, the researchers found that there was a significant association of dietary cholesterol and change in strength. In general, those with higher cholesterol intake also had the highest muscle strength gain ... One possible explanation is through cholesterol’s important role in the inflammation process"
• Marathon Runners Beware Of Drinking Too Much Water - Science Daily, 1/9/08
• Staying Active And Drinking Moderately Is The Key To A Long Life, Study Suggests - Science Daily, 1/9/08 - "ischaemic heart disease ... People who drank at least one drink a week and were physically active had a 44-50 per cent lower risk of IHD compared to physically inactive non-drinkers"
• Moderate Exercise May Cut Dementia Risk - WebMD,12/19/07- "Moderate physical activity (such as walking and climbing stairs) may help prevent dementia in people aged 65 and older"
• Physical activity recommendations and decreased risk of mortality - Arch Intern Med. 2007 Dec 10;167(22):2453-60 - "During 1 265 347 person-years of follow-up, 7900 participants died. Compared with being inactive, achievement of activity levels that approximate the recommendations for moderate activity (at least 30 minutes on most days of the week) or vigorous exercise (at least 20 minutes 3 times per week) was associated with a 27% (relative risk [RR], 0.73; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.68-0.78) and 32% (RR, 0.68; 95% CI, 0.64-0.73) decreased mortality risk, respectively. Physical activity reflective of meeting both recommendations was related to substantially decreased mortality risk overall (RR, 0.50; 95% CI, 0.46-0.54) and in subgroups, including smokers (RR, 0.48; 95% CI, 0.44-0.53) and nonsmokers (RR, 0.54; 95% CI, 0.45-0.64), normal weight (RR, 0.45; 95% CI, 0.39-0.52) and overweight or obese individuals (RR, 0.48; 95% CI, 0.44-0.54), and those with 2 h/d (RR, 0.53; 95% CI, 0.44-0.63) and more than 2 h/d of television or video watching (RR, 0.50; 95% CI, 0.45-0.55). Engaging in physical activity at less than recommended levels was also related to reduced mortality risk (RR, 0.81; 95% CI, 0.76-0.86)"
• Fit Beats Fat for a Longer Life - WebMD, 12/4/07 - "Fitness was found to be a strong predictor of longevity in the study, which involved adults ages 60 and older, while obesity had little influence on death risk"
• Use It Or Lose It: Physical Activity In Middle Age - Science Daily, 11/28/07 - "Researchers from the Peninsula Medical School in Exeter, UK, have concluded a study that proves a direct link between levels of physical activity in middle age and physical ability later in life -- regardless of body weight"
• Exercise Helps Repair Muscle Damage In Heart Failure Patients - Science Daily, 11/7/07
• Just 30 Minutes Vigorous Exercise A Day Can Stabilize Body Mass Index - Science Daily, 11/5/07
• Expensive Trainer Running Shoes Are A Waste Of Money - Science Daily, 10/10/07
• Exercise When Young May Reduce Risk Of Fractures Later In Life - Science Daily, 12/7/06 - "Even though the best time to gain lifetime bone health benefits is while people are young, exercising when people are older is essential to maintain bone mass and balance, as well as maintain aerobic fitness, all of which aid in reducing the risk of low-trauma (osteoporotic) fractures associated with aging"
• Fasting Blood Glucose Levels Are Related to Exercise Capacity in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease - Medscape, 12/5/06 - "The VO2max values were lower in subjects with FBG levels between 126 and 140 and ≥140 mg/dL ... The lower exercise capacity of patients with CAD with higher FBG levels could theoretically be attributed to differences in left ventricular dimensions and pump function, ischemia, or differences in baseline and exercise-induced hemodynamics, compared with patients with normoglycemia"
• Walking Not Enough For Significant Exercise Benefits - Science Daily, 9/22/06 - "low-intensity activity such as walking alone is not likely going to give anybody marked health benefits compared to programs that occasionally elevate the intensity"
• Ear Drops Best for Swimmer's Ear - WebMD, 3/31/06
• First Clinical Guidelines Issued For Treatment Of 'Swimmer's Ear' - Science Daily, 3/29/06
• Study: Lifting weights attacks belly fat - USA Today, 3/3/06 - "Women who did the weight-training for two years had only a 7% increase in intra-abdominal fat, compared to a 21% increase in the group given exercise advice"
• Working out may help prevent colds, flu - MSNBC, 1/17/06 - "moderate amounts of aerobic exercise such as jogging, brisk walking and cycling during the cold and flu season boost the body’s defenses against viruses and bacteria"
• Research shows exercise protects against Parkinson's - USA Today, 1/17/06 - "men who said they jogged, played basketball or did some other sweat-breaking activity at least twice a week as young adults reduced their risk of getting Parkinson's later by 60%"
• Staying active helps keep the mind sharp - MSNBC, 1/16/06 - "healthy people who reported exercising regularly had a 30 to 40 percent lower risk of dementia"
• Seeking Long Life? Researchers Get Clues - WebMD, 11/14/05 - "Compared to those with low levels of physical activity, highly active men in the study lived 3.7 years longer and moderately active men lived 1.3 years longer. In women, the figures were 3.5 and 1.5 years"
• Regular Exercise Keeps Brain Young - WebMD, 11/14/05 - "In people, that translates to a daily 30-minute walk or a light 1-mile run ... The DNA for these animals after two years looked as if it were from their younger counterparts of only about 6 months of age"
• Don't Run Away From Jogging - WashingtonPost.com, 10/4/05 - "regular runners reported about 25 percent less musculoskeletal pain than the controls. The benefit was seen in participants through the age of 76"
• Exercise Fights 'Hidden' Body Fat - WebMD, 9/14/05 - "Higher amounts of exercise cut deep belly fat and fat around the waist ... Deep belly fat (technically called "visceral fat" or fat surrounding organs within the abdomen) has been linked to health problems including heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and metabolic syndrome -- a cluster of risk factors that greatly increase the chance of developing these diseases"
• Studies Link Bike Seats, Erectile Dysfunction - WebMD, 8/25/05 - "three new studies in The Journal of Sexual Medicine ... when erectile dysfunction is related to bicycling, it's linked to pressure on the perineum (the area between the anus and scrotum where nerves and arteries pass). The pressure, which comes from sitting on a bicycle seat with a nose extension, restricts blood flow to the penis"
• Is exercising at night really so bad? - MSNBC, 8/23/05
• Level of Activity Key to Cutting Stroke Risk - WebMD, 8/4/05 - "Being moderately to highly active during leisure time can slash stroke risk ... This means vigorous activity (like running, swimming, or heavy gardening) for more than three hours a week"
• Fitness Level Predicts Likelihood of Death - WebMD, 8/3/05 - "Having a good fitness level for one's age predicts better survival ... If you are below the fitness level for your age, you are more likely to die ... women double their risk of death if they can't exercise at 85% of the level normal for their age"
• Fitness Level Declines Dramatically With Age - WebMD, 7/25/05 - "By participating in a training program, you can raise your aerobic capacity 15% to 25%, which in our study would be equivalent to being 10-20 years younger"
• Exercise May Boost Performance on the Job - WebMD, 6/8/05
• Fitness in 6 Minutes a Week - WebMD, 6/3/05
• Aerobic Exercise, Weights Boost Bone Strength - WebMD, 4/4/05
• Type 2 Diabetes: The More Exercise, the Better - WebMD, 3/25/05
• Less exercise is 'just as good' - BBC News, 3/24/05
• Exercise Away Risk of Early Death - WebMD, 12/29/04 - "After six months, 18% of exercisers and 15% of the comparison group no longer had metabolic syndrome. However, 8% of volunteers in the comparison group had developed the syndrome ... Older people can benefit greatly from exercise, especially to reduce their risk for developing metabolic syndrome"
• Exercising More Cuts Need for Doctor Visits - WebMD, 12/9/04 - "Fit men, as well as those who become fit, may reduce health care costs by more than 50%"
• Exercise Increases Bone Mass: Start Early For Long-Lasting Effects - Science Daily, 10/7/04 - "Mechanical loading through exercise builds bone strength and this effect is most pronounced during skeletal growth and development"
• Beginners Take Weightlifting Too Easily - WebMD, 9/17/04
• Study: Weightlifters Don't Lift Enough - Intelihealth, 9/15/04
• Olympian Today, Couch Potato Tomorrow? - WebMD, 9/3/04
• Muscles Are Smarter Than You Think: Acidity Helps Prevent Muscle Fatigue - Science Daily, 8/23/04
• The Downside to Stretching Muscles - WebMD, 8/19/04
• Intermittent Exercise Better Than Continuous - Doctor's Guide, 8/17/04
• Regardless of Weight, Physical Activity Lowers Diabetes Risk - WebMD, 9/25/03 - "A new study shows a brisk 30-minute walk every day can substantially lower a person's risk of diabetes, no matter how much they weigh"
• Lack of Physical Fitness Hurts Women More - WebMD, 9/15/03
• A Little Exercise Lowers Blood Pressure - WebMD, 8/29/03 - "The ability to lower blood pressure was greatest among those who exercised 61-90 minutes per week -- an average of 12 point drop in systolic and eight points in diastolic. But there were no further reductions in systolic blood pressure among those who exercised more than 90 minutes a week ... The researchers also found that how many times the participants exercised per week had no obvious effect on blood pressure -- just the total amount of time"
• Stress Incontinence: Exercise Works Best - WebMD, 7/15/03
• How much exercise is enough? - MSNBC, 5/14/03
• It's Never Too Late to Start Exercise - WebMD, 5/13/03
• Exercise Can Help Dissolve Blood Clots - WebMD, 5/8/03
• Staying in the Game - Natural Foods Merchandiser, 5/03
• Walking Won't Prevent Heart Disease - WebMD, 4/15/03 - "only more strenuous exercise and physical activity, such as jogging, swimming, and climbing stairs, on a regular basis can significantly reduce the risk of early death due to heart disease"
• Textured Shoe Insoles Prevent Sports Injuries - WebMD, 4/9/03
• Exercise Training, Without Weight Loss, Increases Insulin Sensitivity and Postheparin Plasma Lipase Activity in Previously Sedentary Adults - Medscape, 3/19/03 - "Exercise, without weight loss, increases SI [insulin sensitivity] and PHPL activity in previously sedentary adults, without changing K2 or fasting lipid levels. Furthermore, increased LPL is associated with a decreased total:HDL ratio, and an increased LPL:HL ratio is associated with a decreased waist circumference. Therefore, even modest amounts of exercise in the absence of weight loss positively affect markers of glucose and fat metabolism in previously sedentary, middle-aged adults" - I threw this out because I didn't know that "decreased total:HDL ratio ... is associated with a decreased waist circumference".  This might be a long shot but that sounds like increasing insulin sensitivity via such methods as metformin and increasing HDL via supplements such as niacin might decrease pot bellies. - Ben
• Heart Failure Patients Benefit From Exercise - WebMD, 3/3/03 - "Exercise may be the best medicine for even those with the weakest hearts, such as people with heart failure who are awaiting a heart transplant"
• Exercise Cuts Breast Cancer Risk - WebMD, 2/10/03 - "women who reported high levels of physical activity from as young as age 16 in some cases cut their risk of developing breast cancer after menopause in half, compared to women who reported no strenuous activity ... The study has a drawback, though, that all such studies face, which is what's called a "healthy patient bias." In this case, women who exercise often might be more apt to take care of themselves in other ways, so that a decrease in breast cancer later in life may not be due to the exercise itself, but rather some other associated factor. The researchers accounted for this by factoring in subjects such as smoking history and weight. "After adjusting for all these factors we're pretty confident that what we see is the effect of exercise,""
• Long distance Women Runners Risk Low Bone Mineral Density - Doctor's Guide, 1/29/03
• Exercise Saves Brain Cells - WebMD, 1/29/03 - "aerobic exercise can help protect brain tissue from age-related damage and mental decline ... the brain loses an average of 15% to 25% of its tissue between the ages of 30 and 90 ... exercise decreased the amount of brain-tissue loss associated with aging"
• Physical Activity Helps Even Sick Lungs - WebMD, 1/28/03
• Ex-Athletes Prone to Joint Problems - WebMD, 1/27/03
• Long-Distance Runners Risk Bone Loss - WebMD, 1/27/03
• Exercise Alone Trims Tummy, Health Risks - WebMD, 1/14/03 - "173 sedentary, overweight menopausal women between the ages of 50 and 75 were randomly assigned ... Women in the exercise group participated in moderate exercise, such as brisk walking or riding a stationary bike for an average total of about 171 minutes a week ... After 12 months, researchers found that weight loss among the exercisers was modest, but the loss of intra-abdominal fat was considerable and increased with the amount of exercise. Women who exercised for more than 195 minutes a week lost almost 7% of intra-abdominal fat compared to a loss of about 4% among those who exercised between 136 to 195 minutes per week"
• Exercise Capacity Predicts Overall Mortality in Healthy Women - Doctor's Guide, 11/22/02
• Daily Exercise Training As Effective As Stent Angioplasty In Stable Coronary Artery Disease - Doctor's Guide, 11/19/02
• Aerobic Exercise Improves Insulin Sensitivity Without Affecting Plasma Tumor Necrosis Factor-Alpha - Doctor's Guide, 11/19/02
• Exercise Cuts Risk Of Hip Fractures - Intelihealth, 11/13/02
• Older Runners Delay Disability, Death - WebMD, 11/12/02
• Dose-Response Relationship Between Exercise, Heart Disease In Men - Doctor's Guide, 10/23/02 - "There is a significant inverse, dose-response relationship between total physical activity and risk of myocardial infarction (MI), and coronary heart disease (CHD) in men"
• 1 Hour of Exercise Daily Put to Question - WebMD, 9/18/02
• How Much Exercise Is Enough? - Intelihealth, 9/16/02
• Heart's Autonomic Responsiveness Preserved By Fitness - Doctor's Guide, 9/5/02
• Walking Is As Heart-Protective As Heavy Exercise For All Postmenopausal Women - Doctor's Guide, 9/5/02
• Walking Lowers Women's Heart Risk - WebMD, 9/4/02 - "women who either walked briskly or exercised vigorously at least two and a half hours per week had a 30% lower risk of heart-related problems, such as heart attack, stroke, the need for heart bypass surgery, heart failure, or death. And the heart-healthy benefits extended to all women in the study, regardless of race or ethnic group, age, or weight"
• Reduction of Left Ventricular Hypertrophy After Exercise and Weight Loss in Overweight Patients With Mild Hypertension - Doctor's Guide, 7/15/02 - "Blood pressure fell by 7.0 / 6.0 mmHg in the weight management group and by 3.0 / 4.0 mmHg in the aerobic exercise group"
• Physical Training Benefits Heart-failure Patients - Doctor's Guide, 5/15/02
• Some Foods Raise Dehydration Risk - Intelihealth, 5/6/02
• Group Warns Of Soccer Head Injuries - Intelihealth, 5/1/02
• Sports concussions in kids could pose long-term risk - USA Today, 4/29/02
• Exercise Said Best For Blood Pressure - Intelihealth, 4/22/02 - "The average reduction was 3.8 milligrams of mercury in systolic pressure ... average diastolic ... 2.58 milligrams of mercury lower"
• Dip In Icy Water May Help Runners - Intelihealth, 4/15/02
• Researchers Say A Pill May Someday Replace Sweaty Workouts For The Health Conscious - Intelihealth, 4/11/02
• Government Study: 7 in 10 Not Exercising - Intelihealth, 4/8/02 - "A new government report says seven in 10 adults don't regularly exercise and nearly four in 10 aren't physically active at all ... About 300,000 people a year in the United States die from diseases related to inactivity. In addition to diabetes, lack of exercise can increase the risk of heart disease and stroke"
• Exercise Helps Everyone's Heart - WebMD, 4/1/02 - "The overwhelming evidence shows exercise can reduce blood pressure in virtually anyone -- regardless of weight, race, or current blood pressure level ... regular aerobic exercise decreased systolic blood pressure (the top number) by an average of 3.8 mmHg and diastolic (the bottom number) by 2.58 mmHg, in people who were previously inactive"
• Cardiorespiratory Benefit Of Aerobic Exercise Applies To Older Patients Too - Doctor's Guide, 3/26/02
• New product targets the 'core' - CNN, 3/18/02
• Exercise Helps Men Live Longer - WebMD, 3/13/02
• Intense Training May Not Stunt Growth - Intelihealth, 2/11/02
• Surgical Release Of Iliac Obstruction Helps Top Endurance Athletes - Doctor's Guide, 2/7/02
• Regular Exercise May be More Beneficial than Angioplasty/Stent Implantation - Doctor's Guide, 11/13/01
• Flexibility Exercises Decreases Some Injuries in Athletes - Doctor's Guide, 11/9/01
• Exercise: What Makes Us Falter and How to Stick With It - WebMD, 9/28/01
• Body Makes Natural Antidepressant After Moderate Exercise - WebMD, 9/27/01 - "Even moderate exercise apparently raises levels of a brain chemical that improves a person's mood ... The substance is phenylethylamine, or PEA, a natural stimulant produced by the body. It is related to amphetamines but does not have the long-lasting effects that make "speed" or "ice" such deadly drugs ... moderate exercise increases PEA levels for most people"
• Six Months Of Endurance Exercise Reverses 30 Years Of Aerobic Decline - Intelihealth, 8/18/01 - "The studies indicate that middle-aged men can actually reverse many of the negative results of non-exercise, even after being physically inactive for a long time ... We found that 100 percent of the age-related decline in aerobic power that occurred over 30 years in these men was reversed by six months of endurance training"
• Looking for the Fountain of Youth? Try the Gym - WebMD, 9/17/01 - "endurance training reversed a 30-year decline in cardiovascular fitness among a group of middle-aged men who were first studied in their 20s ... After the six-month training period, all five men were back to the fitness level they had 30 years earlier ... Remarkably, this study shows that 20 days of bed rest caused the cardiovascular fitness of these men who were in their 20s to decline worse than 30 years of aging"
• Study Shows Inactive Adults Think They Work Out Harder Than They Do - WebMD, 9/11/01
• More Evidence That Exercise Lifts Mood, Energy - WebMD, 8/30/01
• Exercise can help you recover faster from the discomfort of arthritis - Healthscout, 1/29/01 - "Not only is regular exercise the best way to prevent pain from occurring in arthritic joints in the first place, those who exercise regularly also recover faster from existing arthritic pain"
• Stress Fractures -- Who Gets Them and Why? - WebMD, 7/18/01
• Just Minutes of Exercise Can Pump You Up - WebMD, 7/12/01
• Strength training's 7% solution - USA Today, 7/12/01
• Olympic swimmer does key training on shore - USA Today, 6/28/01
• Study Relates Jogging And Strong Bones - Intelihealth, 6/28/01 - "Young men who jog regularly build strong bones and may be less likely to develop the brittle bone disease osteoporosis ... For couch potatoes, men who do little or no exercise, the bone density of joggers was almost 8 percent better"
• Exercise Boosts Physical/Mental Health in Diabetics, Breast Cancer Patients, Healthy Males - Doctor's Guide, 6/22/01
• Fitness, stretching go hand in hand - USA Today, 5/1/01
• Exercise Junkies: How Hard Should You Push Your Heart? - WebMD, 3/8/01 - "Researchers found that maximal heart rates were strongly related to age in both men and women. This led to the development of a new formula to estimate heart rate: 208 - (0.7 × age)"
• Campaign Pushes At-Home Exercises - Intelihealth, 2/27/01 - "specialists are starting a campaign to help Americans properly treat a sprained ankle with at-home strengthening exercises that can work as well as formal physical therapy"
• Study: Stretch Cords Help Exercise - Intelihealth, 2/26/01 - "Straining against the stretch cords, which were made for exercise, has the same effect as weight training - spurring muscle growth in a way that simply bounding up and down on a step platform cannot match"
• Six-pack abs not for every body - USA Today, 2/23/01
• Skin Rash Outbreaks in Hotel Hot Tubs and Swimming Pools - WebMD, 12/7/00
• Kids Taking Steroids for Asthma Need Calcium and Exercise - WebMD, 10/20/00
• Studies: Older exercisers have youthful potential - CNN, 10/16/00
• Study: Old Exercisers Have Potential - Intelihealth, 10/16/00
• Exercise May Reduce Impotence Risk - Intelihealth, 10/2/00
• Exercise Advice May Stretch Truth - Intelihealth, 9/11/00
• Intense Sports Training Poses Special Concerns for Female Athletes - WebMD, 7/7/00
• Exercise Could Be Fountain of Youth for Blood Vessels - WebMD, 6/26/00
• Exercise Trains Fat Cells - Intelihealth, 4/7/00
• Diet, Exercise And Gain Weight? - Intelihealth, 4/3/00
• Growing evidence indicates that exercise cuts chance of breast cancer - CNN, 3/13/00
• Researchers Say Stay With Exercise - Intelihealth, 3/13/00
• Ergogenics for Endurance Athletes - Nutrition Science News, 3/00
• Biologist Crusades For Recognition Of Exercise As Preventive Medicine - Intelihealth, 2/21/00
• Exercise Can Boost Brain Capacity, Researchers Say - Intelihealth, 11/9/99
• Cipro Available In Canada For Swimmer's Ear - Doctor's Guide, 8/18/99
• A Surprising Reason To Wear A Sports Bra - Dr. Dean, 8/13/99
• Biking Unlikely Cause Of Trauma For Women - Dr. Dean, 8/2/99
• Long Distance Biking - And Genital Numbness? - Dr. Dean, 8/2/99
• Eating before exercise: The facts - CNN, 6/11/99
• A Guide to the Best Cures for Tired Muscles - Nutrition Science News, 5/99
• Essential Nutrients for Endurance Athletes - Nutrition Science News, 5/99

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