Health News http://illinois.edu/lb/imageList/471 Health RSS feed from the News Bureau at the University of Illinois Older adults benefit from home-based DVD exercise program http://news.illinois.edu/news/13/0311exercise_dvds_EdwardMcAuley.html Diana Yates, Life Sciences Editor Community Health Kinesiology http://illinois.edu/lb/article/471/72135 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 09:15:00 CDT Health News Fitness DVDs are a multimillion-dollar business, and those targeting adults over the age of 55 are a major part of the market. With names like Boomers on the Move, Stronger Seniors and Ageless Yoga, the programs promise much, but few have ever been rigorously tested. Lipid researcher, 98, reports on the causes of heart disease http://news.illinois.edu/news/13/0227heart_disease_FredKummerow.html Diana Yates, Life Sciences Editor Medicine http://illinois.edu/lb/article/471/71764 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 13:00:00 CST Health News A 98-year-old researcher argues that, contrary to decades of clinical assumptions and advice to patients, dietary cholesterol is good for your heart unless that cholesterol is unnaturally oxidized (by frying foods in reused oil, eating lots of polyunsaturated fats, or smoking). Exercise doesnt only strengthen your heart and muscles it also beefs up your brain. Dozens of studies now show that aerobic exercise can increase the size of critical brain structures and improve cognition in children and older adults.The research is in: Physical activity enhances cognition http://news.illinois.edu/news/13/0218activity_cognition_ArtKramer.html Chelsey Coombs Kinesiology Psychology http://illinois.edu/lb/article/471/71363 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 08:30:00 CST Health News Exercise doesnt only strengthen your heart and muscles it also beefs up your brain. Dozens of studies now show that aerobic exercise can increase the size of critical brain structures and improve cognition in children and older adults.