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...surprising trial, researchers led by Dr. Teresa Liu-Ambrose at the University of British Columbia randomly assigned 155 aging women to three separate groups and directly compared the cognitive effects of two types of exercise: resistance training, done once or twice weekly, in which participants worked out with free weights and weight machines and did squats and lunges, versus toning and balance exercises, which participants did twice a week. (See pictures of a canine cognition...
...yearlong study, the women who weight-trained saw an improvement in their performance on cognitive tests of memory and learning as well as in executive functions such as decision-making and conflict resolution - women who trained once a week improved their scores in executive functioning by 12.6% - while those who did balance and toning exercises showed no such improvement. The muscle-strengthening exercise also helped the volunteers, ages 65 to 75, boost their walking speed, a commonly used indicator of overall health status in the elderly, as faster pace has been linked with lower mortality. (See pictures of sassy women...
...beef - feedlot producers say that only through their economies of scale can the industry produce enough meat to satisfy demand, especially for a growing population. These critics note that because grass is less caloric than grain, it takes two to three years to get a pastured cow to slaughter weight, whereas a feedlot animal requires only 14 months. "Not only does it take fewer animals on a feedlot to produce the same amount of meat," says Tamara Thies, chief environmental counsel for the National Cattlemen's Beef Association (which contests the U.N.'s 18% figure), "but because they grow...
...against a talented Huskies squad, the hosts still notched a number of noteworthy results. The Crimson took three individual events, as well as the distance medley relay, and perhaps no effort was more impressive than co-captain Jack Brady’s double win in the shot put and weight throw...
...IC4A qualifier continued his run of solid performances, notching personal bests in the shot (16.53 meters) and the weight (18.20 meters). Brady and Crimson freshman Edward Brucker were the only two competitors to place in the top nine of both events...