Sports Medicine Archives - Page 15 of 35

Coordinated care best for people with diabetes and depression

It’s estimated that more than 371 million people worldwide suffer with some form of diabetes. For many of those people, […]

Exercise independently linked to heart health and living longer

Exercise can significantly protect against heart disease, regardless of lifestyle factors such as smoking, cholesterol and abdominal obesity. Professor Satvinder […]

The long walk on the road to stroke recovery

Stepping up walking practice is the only way to improve walking ability for stroke survivors, according to a new large-scale […]

Promoting the ‘exercise pill’

“Mental illness is something that many Australians will experience in their lifetime. While medications and other therapies are an important […]

Imagination could be key to beating alcohol

People who want to drink less alcohol are being urged to join a study of a newly developed treatment that […]

Chinese mind-body therapy boosts health for people with chronic disease

A University of Queensland study has shown ancient Chinese mind-body movement therapy could offer dramatic health benefits for people with […]

It takes more than stand-up desks to beat ‘chair disease’

It takes more than stand-up work stations for office staff to combat “chair disease” from sitting too long, a new […]

Sports supplement may help manage diabetes

A popular sports supplement may help in the fight against type 2 diabetes, according to research from Southern Cross University. […]

Positive step for those with Parkinson’s

Imagine having only scattergun control over your body’s movements and living with the constant uncertainty that at any moment your […]

Surgery vs. Non-invasive Treatment – Which is Better for Herniated Discs?

“Carefully selected patients who underwent surgery for a lumbar disc herniation achieved greater improvement than non-operatively treated patients,” according to […]