Johns Hopkins Health Alerts Spotlight on Exercise and Fitness

Spotlight on Exercise and Fitness

Whether it's included in a structured exercise program or just part of your daily routine, ALL exercise and physical activity adds up to a healthier body. This Spotlight on Exercise and Fitness provides links to the latest articles on how exercise and overall fitness can affect particular medical conditions such as arthritis, diabetes, and heart conditions.

Feel free to browse the list of articles below on exercise and fitness below, or click on the topics on the navigation bar to the right for more in-depth information on your health concerns.

Arthritis

• Living With Arthritis Report: Stretching Away Plantar Fasciitis
• Living With Arthritis Report: Arthritis on the Go
• Living With Arthritis Alert: Got Arthritis? Get Exercise!

Back Pain and Osteoporosis

• Back Pain Relief Alert: Exercise Tips To Relieve Neck Pain
• Back Pain Relief Alert: Research Update on Back Pain Relief

Diabetes

• Type 2 Diabetes Alert: Research Updates on Exercise and Byetta
• Living with Diabetes Report: Diabetes and Exercise: Keeping Your Blood Glucose Levels in Check

Healthy Living

• Healthy Living Report: Try Tai Chi for Your Health

• Healthy Living Alert: 4 Healthy Living Updates
• Erectile dysfunction and cardiovascular disease

• Exercise and dementia

• Women, cola, caffeine and high blood pressure

• The dangers of breathlessness and your heart health

• Disease Prevention Alert: Exercise and Cancer Update
• Healthy Living Report: Starting a Walking Program

Heart Health

• Heart Attack Alert: The ABCs of Heart Attack Prevention
• Living with Coronary Heart Disease Report: Exercising Safely After a Heart Attack
• Living with Coronary Heart Disease Alert: Diagnosing Heart Disease -- Who Needs An Exercise Stress Test?

Hypertension and Stroke

• High Blood Pressure Alert: The Power of Exercise to Lower Your Blood Pressure

Prostate Disorders

• Recent Research Spells Good News for Prostate Cancer Patients

Vision

• Eye Diseases Alert: Exercise and Glaucoma: Staying Fit Benefits Your Eyes
• Eye Diseases Report: Dealing With a Detached Retina

Johns Hopkins Health Alerts

Johns Hopkins Weekly Podcasts: Each podcast is a lively discussion of the week's medical news and how it may affect you. Each ten to twelve-minute free program features Rick Lange, M.D., chief of clinical cardiology at Johns Hopkins Medicine, and Elizabeth Tracey, director of the Hopkins Health NewsFeed, a radio news service program at Johns Hopkins Medicine. Johns Hopkins Podcast: Weekly Program, and Archive

Spotlight on Exercise and Fitness