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- More daily steps linked to better teen mental health and brain structure, study finds
A study of 5,515 American adolescents found that higher daily step counts were associated with fewer symptoms of depression and anxiety one year later. Researchers at King's College London and the...
- Muscle mass, not sex, drives heart size and aerobic capacity in 294 adults
When researchers matched women and men by lean body mass, the well-known cardiovascular differences between the sexes disappeared entirely. The finding, published in Sports Medicine by Springer...
- A treadmill desk reviewed: what it does and what it cannot claim
New Atlas reviewed the Urevo FoldiMix 5L, a folding treadmill that doubles as a standing desk. The review is a product test by one writer in one apartment, not a clinical study, and no health...
- A mushroom peptide made salt taste 70% saltier in lab tests, no extra sodium needed
Researchers at Gannan Medical University in China identified a peptide from an edible mushroom that amplified the perception of saltiness by more than 70 percent in controlled testing on human...
- New US guidelines say movement, not bed rest, should be the first response to back pain
The American Academy of Pain Medicine has published new guidance on acute low back pain, putting self-care and gentle movement ahead of prescription drugs and imaging. The guidance, funded by the...
- Low energy availability in female athletes is common and underdiagnosed, ACSM warns
A position piece from the American College of Sports Medicine says that between 23% and 80% of female athletes may not be eating enough to support their training, a condition with serious...
- Reading an opponent's body: what 40 studies say about motion-perception training
A scoping review in Sports Medicine examined 40 studies on point-light display training, a technique that strips a moving body down to dots of light on the joints, and found consistent evidence...
- Vitamin D slowed muscle loss after spinal cord injury in mice
A study published in the Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle found that daily vitamin D supplementation significantly reduced skeletal muscle wasting in mice after spinal cord injury. The...
- Black and green rice broke down more slowly in lab digestion tests
Researchers at Hokkaido University found that black and green Japanese rice contained unusual fat molecules not previously detected in rice, and that their starch broke down more slowly in...
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