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Brain imaging of veterans with Gulf War illness show varying abnormalities after moderate exercise that can be categorized into two distinct groups -- an outcome that suggests a more complex illness that previously thought.

ISGlobal team studies the role of five different lifestyle habits in the development of childhood overweight and obesity

A prescription of short-term exercise for patients with advanced prostate cancer could help to reduce the side-effects of hormone therapy, according to new research. The trial aimed to reduce the adverse side-effects of hormone therapy such as weight gain and an increased risk of heart problems. The results show that a three month programme of aerobic and resistance training intervention prevented adverse changes in cardiopulmonary fitness and fatigue

The information gained from the changes in CPC counts during exercise may be more useful to cardiologists in risk stratifying these patients than the treadmill exercise test itself, the researchers say.

The diverse field of sport is not free from discrimination. In a sports system characterized by a binary gender order and gender stereotypes, LGBTI* people can feel insecure and sometimes discriminated against. This often prevents them from actively participating in sport. The EU project OUTSPORT presents the findings of the full survey which involved more than 5,500 respondents. It also makes recommendations as to what action organized sport can take.

Recently, researchers examined two potential ways to slow the development of mild cognitive impairment based on what we know about preventing heart disease. They published the results of their study in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.

Educating parents and grandparents -- as well as improving physical activity and the food provided at school -- could hold the key to solving China's obesity pandemic, according to one of the largest trials of childhood obesity prevention in the world.