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 Exercise Information - January 7, 2009
| According to a report released Tuesday from NEWI's School of Health and Social Care, "Unhealthy Christmas presents are making our children fat." Research from a variety of sources, including the British Heart Foundation, cites that children are performing less and less exercise, which not only affects their waistline, but their general health | | People with chronic heart failure can safely go through resistance training programs, according to an Australian researcher's report. Resistance training has been shown to improve the functional ability of people with chronic heart failure to perform activities of daily living, and to improve their overall quality of life | | People with chronic heart failure can safely go through resistance training programs, according to an Australian researcher's report. Resistance training has been shown to improve the functional ability of people with chronic heart failure to perform activities of daily living, and to improve their overall quality of life | | Researchers have found that older adults can respond to behavioral treatments for insomnia. It was thought that the elderly may be less responsive to behavioral approaches for chronic sleep problems. However, an analysis of 23 studies found this is not true, says researcher Michael Irwin, a professor of psychiatry at UCLA | | Young adults with an affliction called anblyopia, or lazy eye, may improve their eye condition under a new treatment developed by researchers at USC and three Chinese universities. A lazy eye in children seems to be common, however the children can not see properly, even with corrective lenses. If untreated, the eye will not develop fully, resulting in permanent loss of vision | |
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