Lifting Lighter Weights Is Just As Effective As Heavy Weights
You don’t need to feel wimpy for lifting little weight at the gym: A new study finds that lifting light weights is just as effective as lifting heavy ones for building muscle.
The key is to lift the weights more times (meaning a greater number of repetitions) so that your muscles get just as tired as they would with heavier weights, the researchers said.
Although elite athletes may be unlikely to change their workout regimens based on the new findings, the study may have implications for average Joes who want to increase strength. For the ‘mere mortal’ who wants to get stronger, the study has shown that you can take a break from lifting heavy weights and not compromise any gains.
‘Extreme Sitting’ For More Than 10 Hours A Day Linked To Heart Disease
Being sedentary, at least in moderation, is unlikely to cause heart disease, according to a new review of past research.
Based on their analysis, researchers conclude that only very high levels of sedentary time ― more than 10 hours per day ― are linked to an increased risk of heart attack, stroke or heart disease-related death.
Compared to sitting for less than three of one’s waking hours each day, more than 10 hours of sedentary time was tied to an 8 percent increase in risk for developing heart disease.
Staying active and getting regular exercise can help lower cardiovascular disease risk. Increasing physical activity, avoiding prolonged sitting time, workplace interventions such as sit-stand work stations and activity-permissive desks may be useful to lower sedentary time.
Pediatricians Should Play An Important Role In The ‘Sex Talk’ For Children
Pediatricians should help educate their patients about sex and help parents learn how best to talk to their kids about sexuality, advised a new report.
By acting as an additional source for trustworthy information about sex and sexuality, pediatricians could complement the education that kids may receive at school or at home.
The new recommendations are based on previous research showing that providing kids with age-appropriate information about their sexuality helps to prevent and reduce the risks of teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases, the researchers said.
Information about other issues should also be part of pediatricians’ conversations with kids. Those issues include healthy sexual development, interpersonal and consensual relationships, affection, intimacy, and body image. Indeed, research has shown that talking just about abstinence doesn’t work, she told Live Science.
Sexuality education is an important issue, considering that the U.S. has the highest rates of teen pregnancies in the industrialized countries. Moreover, about 88 percent of teen pregnancies in the U.S. are unintended.
This Flowchart Explains Whether Or Not You Should Get A Zika Test
For people traveling to Brazil or any other Zika-affected country this year, it’s important to know the signs and symptoms of an infection, and how to get tested. Because diagnostic testing is a complex, limited resource that can only be performed by local and state laboratories, not everyone who wants a test can obtain one.
Here’s a simple flowchart, based on recommendations from the CDC and interviews with Zika virus experts, that explains whether or not you can request a Zika virus diagnostic test from your doctor. Because our knowledge of Zika virus grows every day, we will update this flowchart as needed to reflect the latest recommendations from the CDC. (Use this updated list of Zika-affected countries and territories to answer the first question below.)
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