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By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Health & Medicine Week -- Current study results on Rehabilitation Medicine have been published. According to news originating from London, United Kingdom, by [...]

According to the authors of a study from Ottawa, Canada, 'Exercise programs have been found to have substantial benefits for older persons, but implementing these programs with frail homebound seniors [...]

When it comes to satisfaction with body function and body appearance, older men and women have different opinions, although physical activity does improve satisfaction in both sexes, according to new [...]

"There is no single group that can benefit more from exercise than the elderly," says William Evans of Tufts University's USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, and the author [...]

Weight loss and exercise can ameliorate frailty in obese older adults. According to a study from the United States, "Obesity exacerbates the age-related decline in physical function and causes frailty [...]

Weight loss and exercise can ameliorate frailty in obese older adults. According to a study from the United States, "Obesity exacerbates the age-related decline in physical function and causes frailty [...]

Weight loss and exercise can ameliorate frailty in obese older adults. According to a study from the United States, "Obesity exacerbates the age-related decline in physical function and causes frailty [...]

Short-term exercise accelerates wound healing among healthy older adults. According to a study from the United States, "Older adults are likely to experience delayed rates of wound healing, impaired neuroendocrine [...]

A recent report describes a dose-response relationship of endurance training for autonomic circulatory control in healthy seniors. Scientists writing in the Journal of Applied Physiology report, "Aging results in marked [...]

Multicomponent training benefits functional fitness in older adults. According to a study from Turkey, "The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of a 9-week supervised multicomponent exercise [...]

One of the largest and longest running studies of its kind reports that older adults can improve their chances of being able to keep moving later in life by getting [...]

People can remain physically active as they age. Older people do not necessarily have to gain weight or lose muscle strength. The best way to maintain muscle strength and prevent the loss of muscle tissue is to lift weights. Weight training can also increase bone mass. Overuse usually causes injuries such as cartilage tears, sprains and bursitis in older athletes. Athletes can prevent overuse injuries by doing warmup exercises; doing stretches at the end of exercise routines; and participating in high-intensity, low-impact workouts., At the age of 46, Nolan Ryan was still hurling 100 mph fastballs for the Texas Rangers. Hall of Fame hockey player Gordie Howe played for 32 seasons before retiring [...]

Non-strenuous physical exercise might help older nursing-facility residents improve memory retrieval and visuo-motor performance, reports a study in The Journal of the American Geriatric Society. The study indicates that recall [...]

There may be hundreds of good reasons to stay in shape -- now there are two more. Scientists have recently found that exercise not only helps older people sleep better [...]

PHYSICAL EXERCISE HELPS SENIORS STAY MENTALLY SHARP PHILADELPHIA, March 1 /PRNewswire/ -- It's estimated that less than half of all people in the United States over age 60 engage in [...]

Although we might feel we're being mean when we allow residents to force themselves to their feet and struggle over to turn on the TV, we're actually doing them a [...]

If your aged father's immobility is threatening his independent lifestyle, ask his physician about a weight-training regimen for him. The results of a Harvard Medical School study indicate that such [...]