Tag: exercise

  • Exercise v. Alcoholism

    Is there anything running around the block won’t do?  Exercise may be an effective and nonpharmacologic treatment option for alcohol dependence. A new study of the relationship between alcohol intake and wheel-running in hamsters has found that exercise may provide an effective alternative for reducing alcohol intake in humans…

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  • Pain Anger Memory (Three Articles)

    Three clicks to three articles on three topics: Pain, Depression Linked (PsychCentral) Exercise May Ward Off Anger (WebMD) Memory Improved By Saying Words Aloud (PsyBlog)

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  • Sex and Exercise

    Another reason to move around–not a shock: Exercise May Boost Men’s Sexual Prowess. [M]en who were moderately active — walking briskly just 30 minutes a day, four days a week, or the equivalent — were about two-thirds less likely to have sexual dysfunction than their sedentary counterparts.

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  • Exercise and Sleep

    From the NYT: Does Exercise Help You Sleep Better? Maybe, maybe not. [T]he most practical advice that science can offer at the moment about exercise and sleep is not to fret too much about whether you’re getting enough of either. Worrying, as the Swiss study showed, is what will keep you awake long into the…

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  • The Exercise Gene

    A European twin study finds the desire to exercise runs in the family–deep: Using complicated statistical formulas, the scientists concluded that differences in exercise behavior were about 60 percent attributable to genes. In other words, your parents influence your decision about ­whether to be active, not just by signing you up for soccer camp when you’re…

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