Healing Through Exercise: Scientifically Proven Ways to Prevent and Overcome Illness and Lengthen Your Life (28 page)

Canaries

Cancer

bed rest vs. exercise for

body fat and hormone levels

exercise and survival from

Exercise and Thrive program for survivors of

exercise as prescription for

fatigue syndrome

obesity and

See also
Bowel cancer; Breast cancer; Colon cancer; Prostate cancer

Carcinogens in food

Cardiovascular disease.
See
Heart disease

Cardiovascular system, impact of bed rest on

Carlsson, Jan

Carragee, Eugene

Cartilage

Case Western Reserve University

Center for Regenerative Therapies

Central Middlesex Hospital

Charité University Hospital

Children

with asthma

attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

development of cognitive and motor skills, connection between

example of obesity among

lack of exercise among

risk for type 2 diabetes at some point in life

Cholesterol

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Chronic health conditions

Ciba

Claustrophobia

Collateral circulation

Colon cancer.
See also
Cancer

Compression of morbidity

Cooper Institute, Science Research Center

Copenhagen, University of

Corcoran, Paul

Coronary heart disease, stable

Cotman, Carl

Cruciate ligament

Dallas Bed Rest and Training Study

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Dancing

Daqing, China

Dartmouth Medical School

Demark-Wahnefried, Wendy

Dementia.
See also
Alzheimer’s disease

Dendrites

Depression

exercise therapy in Britain for

exercise vs. medications in treating

neurogenesis and

physical activity as prescription for
See also
Mental health

Dexedrine

Deyo, Richard

DHEA

Diabetes, type 2

cancer and

chemistry, onset, and progress of

exercise as treatment for

the global epidemic of

inactivity as cause of

indigenous peoples at risk for

long-term consequences of

Diabetes in Indigenous People Forum

Diabetes mellitus

Diamond, Adele

Dieting

Digestion

cancer-causing agents in food, active lifestyles and

impact of bed rest on

Dimeo, Fernando

Discectomy

Disuse atrophy

DNA, telomeres

Dopamine

Dortmund, University of

Drug addicts

Drug Enforcement Administration, U.S.

Duke University

Dyslexia

Eisch, Amelia

Eisenhower, Dwight

Elderly, the

capacity for rejuvenation in, exercise and

dangers of bed rest for

discriminating approach to, effects of

exercise by, it’s never too late for

forgetfulness, combating

strength training experiments on

See also
Aging

Electric scooters for obese people

Electrolytes

Emons, Günter

Endocrinology

Endorphins

Endothelium

Erectile dysfunction

Esposito, Katherine

Estrogen

Evolution.
See
Genetics

Excess age

Exercise

Amish Ontario settlement as example of physically active lifestyle

the body’s capability for rejuvenation through

fit is more important than fat

it’s never too late for

less is more regarding

physcian undervaluing of (
see also
Physicians)

as a way of life

Exercise and Thrive program

Exercise Is Medicine program

Fairbank, Jeremy

Fast-twitch glycolytic muscles

Fast-twitch oxidative muscles

Feskanich, Diane

Fiatarone Singh, Maria

Fibromyalgia

Fixx, James

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

Free radicals

Freiburg, University of

Friedland, Robert

Fries, James

Frost, Harold M.

Gage, Frank

Gall bladders

Gallstones

Genetics

endurance running and

evolutionary need for activity hard-wired through

influence on constitution, overrating of

of muscles

obesity, type 2 diabetes, and human

Georgia, University of in Athens

German Sport University

Germany

increase in type-2 diabetes in

physical training for heart disease sufferers in

training programs for alcoholics and drug addicts in

Gielen, Stefan

Glucose tolerance

Gödde, Stefan

Goldberg, Elkhonon

Göttingen, University Hospital

Hahn, Christina

Hambrecht, Rainer

Hamburg, University of

Harborview Medical Center

Hartford Hospital

Harvard University

Haskell, William

Hawighorst, Thomas

Health care

faulty financial incentives in the system of

sedentary lifestyles and cost of

Heart

limited beats available to

untrained

Heart disease

angioplasty

arteriosclerosis

attacks, outdated treatment for

cholesterol and lipoproteins, exercise and

deaths from

exercise as treatment for

failure, stable chronic

inactivity as cause of

new blood vessels, exercise and growth of

risk of and physical activity

stable coronary

walking compared to angioplasty, surgery, and medications

Heat shock proteins

Hebrew Rehabilitation Center for the Aged

Heger, Steffen

Heidelberg, University of, Institute of Sport and Sport Science

Helios Kliniken

High blood pressure.
See
Hypertension

Hildebrandt, Jan

Hollmann, Wildor

Holmes, Michelle

Hölter, Gerd

Hormones

DHEA

female sex, cancer and

stress

testosterone

Hospital Charité, Berlin

Huntington, Gertrude

Hyperactive children

Hypertension

Hypokinetic disease

Illinois, University of at Chicago, School of Public Health

Illinois, University of at Urbana-Champaign

Immune system

Impotence

Inactivity

ailments associated with

Alzheimer’s disease and

arthritis and

in the modern world

as number one health problem of the third millenium

obesity from

risk of osteoarthritis in joints increased by

risks of

worldwide deaths caused annually by

See also
Bed rest; Rest; Sedentary people

Insulin

Internal body temperature

International Agency for Research on Cancer

International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine

Irwin, Melinda

Ischemic pain in the legs

John B. Pierce Laboratory

Joints

arthritis (
see
Arthritis)

knee and hip replacements, frequency of and concerns regarding

knees and running, safety of

muscles as guardians of

Juvenal

Kaelin, Carolyn

Kaplan, Michael

Karolinska Institute, Aging Research Center

Katzman, Robert

Kempermann, Gerd

Kivipelto, Miia

Kramer, Arthur

Krämer, Jürgen

Kraus, Hans

Kraus, William E.

Kuhn, Thomas

Learning disorders

Leicester, University of

Levy, Becca

Lieberman, Daniel

Life expectancy

fears associated with lengthened

genetic makeup and

physical fitness and, relationship of

possible change in trend of increasing

uneven distribution of increase in

Lindenberger, Ulman

Lipoproteins

Lövdén, Martin

Luck/coincidence, as a factor in health disorders

Lungs, impact of bed rest on

Macklis, Jeffrey

Magic Mountain, The
(Mann)

Male menopause

Mann, Thomas

Marburg, University of

Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Center for Nervous System Repair

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Massachusetts Male Aging Study

Matteson, Bob

Max Planck Institute for Human Development

McKinlay, John

McTiernan, Anne

Medical Faculty University (Oslo)

Melbourne, University of

Mellerowicz, Harald

Memory

discrimination against the elderly and

loss

Mental health

addictive behavior (alcohol and drugs)

Alzheimer’s disease (
see
Alzheimer’s disease)

back pain and

claustrophobia and affective panic disorder

depression (
see
Depression)

exercise and

schizophrenia

Mental Health Foundation

Metabolism

Methylphenidate (Ritalin)

Meyerhardt, Jeffrey

Michigan, University of in Ann Arbor

Missouri, University of in Columbia

Mitchell, Silas Weir

Mitochondria

Mixter, William

Muscles

aerobic capacity and types of

arthritis, exercise as an antidote for(
see also
Arthritis)

atrophy of

back pain and

basal metabolic rate and mass of

blood sugar (glucose) tolerance and mass of

bones and, single unit formed by

the cells of

changing composition of through exercise

genetics of

glucose and

as guardians of joints

human health and

impact of bed rest on

strength decrease without exercise

strength training experiments on elderly subjects

types of

Musculoskeletal system, ailments of leading to institutionalization.
See also
Bones; Muscles

Myostatin

Narrowed arteries

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

National Cancer Institute

National Institute on Aging, Neuroplasticity and Behavior Unit

National Institute on Drug Abuse

National Institutes of Health

Nelson, Miriam

Nerve growth factor

Nesse, Randolph

Neufer, Darrell

Neurodegenerative disorders.
See
Alzheimer’s disease

Neurogenesis

environmental imprint on the brain through

exercise and

myth of the static brain, overcoming the

neuroplasticity and

observations of

New England Research Institutes

New Mexico, University of

New York University

Nicotine addiction

Niebling, Wilhelm

Nielsen Media Research

Nottebohm, Fernando

Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre

Obesity

of Amish compared to Canadian and U.S. inhabitants

cancer and

diabetes and

life expectancy and

physical activity and

risk increase over time from

risk of osteoarthritis in joints increased by

testosterone levels and

Olshansky, Jay

Ornish, Dean

Osteoarthritis.
See also
Arthritis

Osteoporosis

Overeating

human evolution and

obesity and

in pets

Oxidative stress

Paige, Satchel

Pain

back (
see
Back pain)

rest and, a vicious cycle of

Panic disorder, affective

Panizzon, Leandro

Parker-Pope, Tara

Parkinson’s disease

Pathological gene expression

Peptides

Peripheral vascular disease

Pets, obesity and health risks in

Pfingsten, Michael

Phobias

Physicians

bed rest, resistance to altering practices regarding

“bedside manners of,” 15 exercise as treatment, undervaluing of

incentives to prescribe exercise, need for

oncologists’ fears about exercise

“rest” as outdated advice from

Picasso, Pablo

Pierro, Antonio

Pima Indians

Potency

Predel, Hans-Georg

Premature aging, bed rest and

Prostate cancer.
See also
Cancer

Psychiatric problems.
See
Mental health

Raab, Wilhelm

Rakic, Pasko

Ramón y Cajal, Santiago

Rattan, Suresh

Rejuvenation, the body’s capability for

Rest

bed (
see
Bed rest)

as outdated advice

pain and, a vicious cycle of

sarcopenia

See also
Inactivity

“Rest cure,” the

Rheumatoid arthritis

Ritalin (methylphenidate)

Robinson, Thomas

Rockefeller University

Romains, Jules

Rosenberg, Irwin

Rowland, Julia

Running

the compression of morbidity and

endurance, human genetics and

myth of knee cartilage degradation from

Rush Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center

Salk Institute

Sallis, Robert

Saltin, Bengt

Sandler, Wayne

Sarcopenia

Scavenger enzymes

Schiller, Friedrich

Schizophrenia

Schönau, Eckhard

Schüle, Klaus

Schülke, Markus

Schwartz, Anna

Science and Charity
(Picasso)

Sedentary people

annual cost for treating in the U.S.

percentage of the world’s population classified as

Semansky, Sam

Serotonin