Getting Back to 60 After 2020

At the beginning of 2020, the negative impact of the rapid spread of COVID-19 was immediately recognized in various areas of our lives. Economic decline, lack of social and emotional support, and widening gaps in access to adequate health care were experienced worldwide. Many of us struggled to remain physically fit as the avoidance of contracting the virus became everyone’s main concern....

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Is Physical Activity Related to Adverse COVID-19 Outcomes?

During the COVID-19 virus pandemic, researchers have found a number of risk factors for increased COVID severity....

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American Heart Association Announces Life’s Essential 8

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Out of This World: What Is the Long-Term Heart Health of NASA Astronauts?

Thinking about the red planet as your destination? At a minimum, a round trip to Mars is approximately 34 million miles with a flight time measured in years! Such a distant destination will require a lot of planning and preparation. Not least of which, it is important to ensure that your underlying health is good enough to make any space trip as there are no emergency rooms or hospitals in space....

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Vision and Learning are Linked: What You Need to Know in Five Facts

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Does Strength Training Help to Reduce Mortality Risk?

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Do Small Increments in Fitness Affect Mortality Risk in Low Fit Women?

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50 Years of Title IX: Spanning Beyond Sports to Improve Bone Health of Girls

As a nation full of soccer moms and dads can attest, the explosion of girls' and women's sports that resulted from the passage of Title IX has provided tremendous benefits for girls' physical, mental and social wellbeing....

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Can Sitting in a Sauna Decrease Your Risk of Cardiovascular Disease?

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Is Handgrip Strength Related to Future Health Outcomes?

There are several different components of physical fitness; these include cardiorespiratory (aerobic) fitness, muscular strength, flexibility, and body weight status (e.g., BMI, percent body fat). Over the past few decades, it has become indisputable that higher levels of cardiorespiratory fitness are strongly related to a decreased risk of several adverse health outcomes....

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Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month

Alzheimer’s disease is an irreversible brain disease that destroys memory, thinking, and the ability to carry out daily activities....

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Is Muscular Strength a Predictor of Atrial Fibrillation in Older Adults?

Atrial fibrillation (AFib) is the most common type of irregular heartbeat that is seen in clinical settings, and affects approximately 1% of the U.S. population....

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