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Topic- Physical health
Muscle-strengthening exercise best for enhancing sleep quality
Exercise that strengthens muscles, rather than aerobic or combination exercises, is the most effective way to enhance sleep quality, a recent study suggests. The finding provides one more reason for older adults to participate in resistance training, and for communities to encourage it.
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Exercise, healthy eating before surgery boosts recovery
Actively preparing for major surgery by exercising and improving diet (known as "prehabilitation") is associated with fewer complications, less time in the hospital, and improved recovery and quality of life in adults, according to a recent study.
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Consuming prebiotics, probiotics tied to less frailty
Eating foods containing live microbes, such as prebiotics and probiotics, reduced the prevalence of frailty by 17.5% among older adults who ate a moderate amount of those foods, and 22.1% among those with high intake, compared to those who ate fewer foods with live microbes, a recent study found. Foods with live microbes include yogurt, kefir, kimchi, miso, and tempeh.
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Acupuncture can help relieve sciatica pain from herniated disk
Acupuncture reduced pain and disability for people with chronic sciatica due to a herniated disk in a randomized controlled trial in China. Two hundred and sixteen patients with a mean age of 51 (68% women) received 10 sessions of acupuncture or sham acupuncture (placebo) over four weeks.
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Healthy habits in middle age tied to better brain health later
Among middle-aged people, having risk factors like blood pressure, blood sugar and cholesterol that are not well-controlled combined with not following certain healthy habits including exercise, diet and sleep, are linked to a higher risk of stroke, dementia or depression later in life, according to a recent study.
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Tech Talk: Wearable band gathers sweat, fitness biomarkers
Scientists have engineered a sweat-collecting, wearable band that can comfortably interface with the skin during exercise. In a pilot study involving 12 volunteers, the new device dynamically gathered sweat during cycling, and enabled researchers to noninvasively study changes in blood lactate, pH, and other key markers of fitness and health.
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