| (USA TODAY) -- Stationary bikes in gyms, eateries, even a jail wired to produce power.
CHICAGO (AP) -- Emergency room visits for school-age athletes with concussions has skyrocketed in recent years, suggesting the intensity of kids' sports has increased along with awareness of head injuries.
Cologne (Deutsche Presse-Agentur) -- Endurance is important during exercise but the stubborn belief that the body begins to burn fat only after 30 minutes is a myth, according to Ingo Froboese, a professor at the Health Centre of the German Sport University in Cologne.
MONTREAL (Canadian Press) -- A study conducted at the Montreal Heart Institute has yielded a surprising result -- living with children is linked to a reduction in physical activity.
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- For nearly a decade, Cristina Iaboni tried to tame her diabetes the usual way, through daily shots of insulin and other medicine.
(The Atlanta Journal-Constitution) -- Major league teams are standing watch over their pitchers. Not only are pitch counts studied, but a hurler's mechanics are monitored by a computer to see if he puts too much stress on his body.
TORONTO (Canadian Press) -- Exercise has been linked to possible benefits in staving off dementia in numerous studies in the past decade, but a new look at the topic suggests the earlier the better.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Cancer survivors, better work up a sweat.
RINGTOWN, Pa. (Canadian Press) -- A 19-year-old man riding his bicycle across the country to raise awareness and money for breast cancer research was struck and killed by an SUV in New Mexico.
WIMBLEDON, England (USA TODAY) -- Through her decades in the public sphere, Martina Navratilova has been many things to many people -- tennis champion, fitness pioneer, gay rights activist, and now, cancer survivor.
LONDON (AP) -- Running on empty may not be such a bad idea after all.
ATLANTA (AP) -- How much money would it take to get you to lose some serious weight? $100? $500?
BERLIN (Deutsche Presse-Agentur) -- Physical exercise helps to regenerate brain cells that are lost due to ageing, according to a study by German researchers.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Ten minutes of brisk exercise triggers metabolic changes that last at least an hour. The unfair news for panting newbies: The more fit you are, the more benefits you just might be getting.
(The New York Times News Service) -- Everyone knows exercise can be good for body and mind. But even as doctors admonish young and old to get off the couch to stave off such diseases as diabetes and dementia, they cannot explain how exercise works.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Health officials say one reason so many American kids are overweight is that few have a nearby place to play and exercise.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Health officials say many public swimming pools aren't as clean as they should be.
BERLIN (Deutsche Presse-Agentur) -- U.S. cyclist Floyd Landis has admitted to doping and said many of his top competitors, including seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong, also used banned performance-enhancing drugs, according to media reports Thursday.
CHICAGO (AP) -- What's the magic in Oregon that keeps kids lean? It's a mystery health officials would like to solve as they admit all states are failing -- by a mile -- to meet federal goals for childhood obesity.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Researchers are reporting the first scientific evidence that a hormone banned in sports can boost athletic performance.
(USA TODAY) -- After 40 intense minutes, C.R. Hooligan's and Shenanigans are tied 7-7, so the teams take the court for one more round.
CHICAGO (AP) -- Four common bad habits combined -- smoking, drinking too much, inactivity and poor diet -- can age you by 12 years, sobering new research suggests.
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- Brazil's health minister has a remedy for the nation's high-blood- pressure problem: More sex.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- School lunches have been called many things, but a group of retired military officers is giving them a new label: national security threat.
(The New York Times News Service) -- A treatment for common sports injuries that involves shooting the patient's own blood directly into the wound is gaining popularity among professional and recreational athletes, but doctors say that while the therapy is promising, it's hardly a miracle cure.
DALLAS (AP) -- Women can lower their stroke risk by lacing up their sneakers and walking, a new study suggests.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Some people work out to look good naked. Others skip a step.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Small taxes on soda do little to reduce soft drink consumption or prevent childhood obesity, but larger levies probably would, according to new research.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal health experts said Tuesday a device for repairing knees that was subject to a contentious three-year review by the Food and Drug Administration is likely safe and effective, despite major shortcomings with company studies.
(USA TODAY) -- Normal-weight women who want to prevent weight gain as they age need to do an hour a day of moderate-intensity physical activity such as brisk walking, a study shows.
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- In a gym at a tiny college in the capital of the most obese state in the nation, state Rep. John Hines dropped his chest to the floor, let out an "Aaaarrrrgggh!" and forced through a few final pushups.
BERLIN (Deutsche Presse-Agentur) -- Getting regular exercise is the most effective way for elderly people to reduce the risk and rate of falls, according to a systematic review of clinical trials cited by the Federal Association of Prevention and Health Promotion (BVPG), an independent German not-for-profit group.
(The Atlanta Journal-Constitution) -- Can we talk? Constipation used to be whispered about privately, but today it seems like everyone is discussing digestive health and ways to keep things "regular."
LONDON (AP) -- People with occasional spikes in their blood pressure could be at higher risk of having a stroke than those with regularly high blood pressure, new studies said Friday.
LONDON (AP) -- It seems the old cliche may be true. Men are more likely than women to be interested in sex, have sex and enjoy sex, according to new scientific research, which also found people who stay active and healthy enjoy longer sex lives.
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