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Linda Anderson and Adrianne Bradley took a chance on a Pilates class last May; Julie Millard started in August. The trio has been going two to three times a week ever since.

I can do one full-body push-up, and that's from the toes, Arcata's Anderson said after last week's class. I haven't done that since high school.

I'm not any faster, but I walk straighter and with better balance, McKinleyville's Bradley said. I have a better sense of my body -- where it is in space -- and I can go up and down stairs easier.

I've lost two inches off my waist and I'm more flexible, Millard said.

Medline Plus calls exercise the fountain of youth, but some people don't know where to begin or how to fit it in. Others need convincing.

That's why Area 1 Agency on Aging is partnering with local fitness experts and clubs during Older Americans Month in May. HealthSPORT in Arcata, Eureka, Fortuna and McKinleyville, and Cal Courts in Eureka and Cutten, are offering three-day passes to people age 60 and older. Passes -- one per person -- are available starting April 27 only from the A1AA office at 434 Seventh St. in Eureka.

Arcata Core Pilates, 930 Samoa Blvd., is offering a free class for those aged 60 plus at 11 a.m. every Tuesday in May. Call 845-8156 for details and park and enter off I Street.

If you've wanted to try Pilates or tai chi; if you've been thinking it's time to embrace

Anderson took a chance last year. The Humboldt State retiree was looking for a way to strengthen her muscles when a friend pointed her to the free May trial at Arcata Core Pilates.

I didn't know much about Pilates, but we all know the exercise science: use it or lose it, Anderson said.

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April 19, 2012

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A new study by the neurological researchers of Rush University Medical Center has found that daily activity can reduce the onset of Alzheimers disease and cognitive decline.

The report, published in the online issue of the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology, describes how activities done on a day-to-day basis can reduce the risk of Alzheimers.

These results provide support for efforts to encourage all types of physical activity even in very old adults who might not be able to participate in formal exercise, but can still benefit from a more active lifestyle, noted Dr. Aron S. Buchman, lead author of the study and associate professor of neurological sciences at Rush, in a prepared statement.

716 older individuals without dementia participated in the experiment by wearing an actigraph that could measure daily exercise and non-exercise physical activity. They wore the device on their wrist for ten days and, every 15 seconds, the actigraph would record an activity on a chip; if a patient didnt move at all, it would record a zero. Apart from the actigraph, participants also underwent cognitive tests to determine memory and thinking abilities as well as self-reported any social or physical activities.

This is the first study to use an objective measurement of physical activity in addition to self-reporting, explained Buchman in the statement. This is important because people may not be able to remember the details correctly.

After an average of three and a half years of follow up, 71 patients developed Alzheimers disease and the research showed that people who were in the bottom 10 percent of physical activity were three times more likely to develop Alzheimers as compared to those in the top 10 percent who participated in intense physical activity.

Our study shows that physical activity, which is an easily modifiable risk factor, is associated with cognitive decline and Alzheimers disease. This has important public health consequences, concluded Buchman in the statement.

Health professionals believe that the study can spread an important public health message.

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SAN DIEGO, April 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --American Council on Exercise (ACE) announced today it has partnered with applepeak to become the preferred provider of fitness and wellness content for the company's Wellness Record product. The partnership provides individuals or employees of corporate subscribers with private, personalized online wellness resources including interactive health tools, certified medical content, fitness and medical device integration, health trackers, goal-setting tools, clinical monitoring, program-based social media and more.

"Innovations in workplace wellness tools and the adoption of workplace wellness programs are two of the most critical elements in reducing the cost of healthcare in the United States," said ACE CEO Scott Goudeseune. "We are pleased to partner with applepeak to provide fitness resources and tools that will enhance overall quality of life inside and outside the workplace."

Subscribers of the Wellness Record will have access to the vast ACE GetFit site, including an extensive exercise library, step-by-step workouts, valuable information about the best weight loss activities, and advice on choosing a certified personal trainer.

"At applepeak, we aim to empower individuals with the knowledge, motivation and tools to understand, sustain and improve their health and wellness risk factors," said Kerry McLellan, founder and CEO of applepeak. "With its focus on eradicating the obesity epidemic, the American Council on Exercise was a natural partner. ACE is among the most respected fitness organizations in the industry and a resource that consumers trust for health and fitness information and tools."

applepeak's Wellness Record is a finalist in The 2012 Edison Awards in the 'Lifestyle and Social Impact- Health and Wellness' category. Named after Thomas Edison, The Edison Awards annually recognize the most innovative products, services and business leaders in the world.

"Fitness in the workplace is a major area of emphasis for ACE as we continue to take action in support of the nation's goal to combat the obesity epidemic," said ACE Chief Science Officer Cedric X. Bryant, Ph.D. "By collaborating with partners such as applepeak to create health-conscious work environments with access to certified fitness professionals and cutting edge fitness resources, ACE endeavors to empower every American to live their most fit life."

For more information ACE's Get Fit exercise library, tools and resources, visit http://www.acefitness.org/getfit.

About ACE

American Council on Exercise (ACE), America's the nation's premier fitness and personal trainer certification, continuing education, and training organization, is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting the benefits of physical activity and protecting Americans against unsafe and ineffective fitness products and instruction. ACE sponsors university-based fitness and exercise science research studies and is the world's largest nonprofit fitness certification organization. For more information on ACE and its programs, call (800) 825-3636 or visit the ACE website at http://www.acefitness.org. AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EXERCISE, ACE and the ACE logos are Registered Trademarks of the American Council on Exercise.

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A new study supports the theory that daily physical exercise may dramatically reduce the risk of Alzheimers disease, even in people over the age of 80.

The study of 716 people, with an average age of 82, found that those who were the least physically active were more than twice as likely to develop Alzheimers than those who were the most active.

The study differed from others in that it didnt intervene in participants lives with exercise programs or ask them to self-report their activities over a long period of time; rather, it looked at daily activity levels of elderly people, suggesting that even if people hadnt been active their entire lives, leading a relatively active life in old age could have benefits in staving off the disease.

In addition, the intensity level of activity seemed to produce an effect as wellthose who did the least intense activities were almost three times as likely to develop Alzheimers as those who did the most intense exercises.

For the study, participants wore a wrist monitor called an actigraph continuously for 10 days. The actigraph recorded all exercise and non-exercise in 15 second increments. The participants were also given annual tests that measured memory and thinking abilities over a period of four years. During the study, 71 of the participants developed Alzheimers disease. All of them agreed to donate their brains for further research after they died.

Participants wore the actigraph for 24 hours a day, so it measured all the movements made throughout the day, study author Dr. Aron Buchman, a neuroscientist at the Rush Alzheimers Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, told FoxNews.com. Every 15 seconds, it would record activity on a little chip. If you werent moving, it would record a zero.

Buchman added the device could not distinguish between different types of activity, such as a person playing basketball versus a person playing cardshowever, if the actigraph continuously recorded movement over 30 minutes or an hour, it suggested the person was doing a more intense exercise.

The important thing is, since we measured all types of activity, it allowed an interesting perspective that even among older people who may not be able to participate in a formal exercise program, a more active lifestyleeven its just washing the dishes or walking around insideis better for you than sitting, Buchman said.

Buchman said it wasnt necessary to run a half mile to get benefits.

Increasing activity level by 10 to 15 percent could be good as well, he said.

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Although the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission did not extend its winter moratorium past Saturday, the agency is asking utilities to "exercise leniency" with termination procedures against customers who have failed to pay utility bills.

In a letter sent Friday from PUC Chairman Robert Powelson to Community Legal Services of Philadelphia, which had requested the extension earlier last week, Powelson wrote the PUC "does not have flexibility" under the Public Utility Code to extend the winter moratorium on cutting off service but that he had contacted the Energy Association of Pennsylvania.

That group responded by saying that its members and community partners "continue to work diligently to enroll low-income customers into these programs. Termination of residential service is always a last resort."

"These programs" in most cases refers to the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program.

EAP's response added that "where a termination notice has been sent to a household, knowledge of a pending LIHEAP application for that household results in an additional review of the account by the utility prior to proceeding with the termination process."

Community Legal Services had written to the PUC because it claimed that the Department of Public Welfare had a backlog of 57,227 LIHEAP applications pending longer than 30 days as of March 16. Those included 283 from Lebanon County residents.

Carey Miller, a DPW press secretary, said Thursday that DPW was authorizing

EAP is recommending that DPW extend the LIHEAP program to April 27. The program's application deadline had been Saturday but was extended to April 13 last week.

EAP said most of the backlog claimed by Community Legal Services came from Philadelphia and Allegheny counties. Between Feb. 24 and March 23, DPW reduced its backlog by 42 percent, EAP said, and added that applications are usually processed at a rate of between 8,000 and 10,000 a week.

"With more than $100 million in (fiscal year) 2012 LIHEAP funding still available, extending the crisis program is certainly possible and affords customers who receive a termination notice after April 1 ample time to apply for crisis assistance," wrote Terrance Fitzpatrick, EAP president and chief executive officer.

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TOKYO, April 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --

Efficacy, safety and exercise endurance primary endpoints all met

Sosei Group Corporation ("Sosei"; TSE Mothers Index: 4565), confirms the information released today by Novartis that the first three QVA149 Phase III studies in the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) all met their primary endpoints. The SHINE, BRIGHT and ENLIGHTEN studies, which are part of the IGNITE program demonstrate the potential of QVA149 in the treatment of COPD.

The results of SHINE, with an enrollment of more than 2,100 patients, met the primary endpoint by demonstrating the superiority in trough FEV1 (p<0.001) of once-daily QVA149 compared to once-daily indacaterol or once-daily NVA237 in patients with moderate to severe COPD. In addition, QVA149 showed superiority in trough FEV1 (p<0.001) compared to placebo and open-label tiotropium (18 mcg).

The results of BRIGHT demonstrated that patients experienced significantly better exercise endurance versus placebo (p=0.006). ENLIGHTEN demonstrated that QVA149 was well tolerated with a safety and tolerability profile similar to placebo.

Mr. Shinichi Tamura, CEO of Sosei, commented:

"Achieving the primary endpoints in all three of the Phase III studies,gives us confidence that QVA149 could be the first LAMA/LABA combination product to provide benefit to patients with COPD in a multi-billion dollar market that is still growing."

QVA149 (indacaterol 110 mcg/glycopyrronium bromide 50 mcg) is an investigational inhaled, once-daily, fixed dose combination of the long acting beta2-agonist (LABA) indacaterol, and the long-acting muscarinic antagonist (LAMA) glycopyrronium bromide (NVA237). Data from the IGNITE clinical trial program will be submitted for presentation to a major medical congress later this year.

IGNITE is one of the largest international patient registration programs in COPD comprising 10 studies in total. The first seven studies (ENLIGHTEN, BRIGHT, SHINE, ILLUMINATE, SPARK, BLAZE, ARISE) are expected to complete in 2012 and include more than 5,700 patients across 42 countries and support planned filings in the EU and Japan. Included in a program is a head-to-head trial vs Seretide[1] (ILLUMINATE), which is also expected to complete during the second quarter of 2012 and will be incorporated into the regulatory filings. These studies are designed to investigate efficacy, safety and tolerability, lung function, exercise endurance, exacerbations, dyspnea and quality of life.

SHINE is a 26-week, multicenter, randomized, double-blind, parallel-group, placebo and active controlled pivotal trial of 2,144 patients with moderate to severe COPD to assess efficacy in terms of trough FEV1.

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Dear Savvy Senior, Can exercise help seniors with arthritis? I have osteoarthritis and have read that certain exercises can help ease the pain, but I dont know where to start, and I certainly dont want to make it any worse than it already is. What can you tell me? Sedentary Sally

Dear Sally, Lots of seniors who have arthritis believe that exercise will worsen their condition, but thats not true. Study after study has shown that exercise is actually one of the best treatments for osteoarthritis.

Proper and careful exercises can help reduce joint pain and stiffness, strengthen muscles around the joints and increase flexibility. It also helps manage other chronic conditions that are common among seniors with arthritis, such as diabetes, heart disease and obesity. Here are some tips to help you get moving.

Determining exactly which types of exercises are best for you depends on the form and severity of your arthritis and which joints are involved. Its best to work with your doctor or a physical therapist to help you develop an exercise program that works for you. The different types of exercises that are most often recommended to seniors with arthritis include:

Range-of-motion exercises: These are gentle stretching exercises that can relieve stiffness as well as improve your ability to move your joints through their normal range of motion. These exercises should be done daily.

Strengthening exercise: Calisthenics, weight training and working with resistance bands are recommended (two or more days a week) to maintain and improve your muscle strength, which helps support and protect your joints.

Aerobic exercises: Low-impact activities like walking, cycling, swimming or water aerobics are all recommended three to five times per week to help improve cardiovascular health, control weight, and improve your overall function.

Its also important to keep in mind that when you first start exercising, you need to go slow to give your body time to adjust. If you push yourself too hard you can aggravate your joint pain, however, some muscle soreness or joint achiness in the beginning is normal.

To help you manage your pain, start by warming up with some simple stretches or range of motion exercises for five to 10 minutes before you move on to strengthening or aerobic exercises. Another tip is to apply heat to the joints youll be working before you exercise, and use cold packs after exercising to reduce inflammation.

If youre experiencing a lot of pain while you exercise, you may need to modify the frequency, duration, or intensity of your exercises until the pain improves. Or you may need to try a different activity for example switching from walking to water aerobics. But if youre having severe, sharp or constant pain, or large increases in swelling or your joints feel hot or red, you need to stop and see your doctor.

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When the doctors declared Nancy Hewitt cancer free, she was too weak to open jars or slice bread. And she was on her own.

Her sole resource was an exercise pamphlet that recommended walking fingers up a wall like a spider and lifting a broom handle over her head.

"No one really tells you or helps you after you're done with treatment," she said.

It's a gap in the recovery process that Hewitt, 64, tried to remedy later as a way to give back to other survivors. It was a passionate effort that ended in disappointment. Despite a recent national push for cancer survivors to be active, exercise programs and support from foundations are scarce.

"Even though people are recognizing the need for post-surgical intervention, it's still not embraced," said Heather Leonard, founder of the Oregon-based Cancer Exercise Training Institute. "The focus is still on finding the cure, but people aren't dealing with the millions who are surviving cancer and need to improve their quality of life."

Exercise has always been important to Hewitt. Before breast cancer, she swam and lifted weights. After chemotherapy and surgery, she was physically depleted. Emotionally, she was coping with the loss of her breast.

Then she found Lisa Gulotta's movement class for cancer survivors at the Genoveva Chavez Community Center. Gulotta, a dancer, yoga teacher and personal trainer, had recently received her certification as a cancer exercise specialist from the Cancer Exercise Training Institute.

Throughout her 25 years of teaching classes, she wondered about students who left classes for cancer treatment. At a fitness conference, Gulotta heard of a course to teach personal trainers how to work with cancer survivors.

"I thought, 'There's a thread here,' " she said. "Maybe I need to understand more about what the body goes through when it's being diagnosed and treated for cancer and how I can help so these bodies who have been working out for years and have been happy and fit and structurally sound don't lose that, or how can I help them gain it back as quickly as possible."

The training involved comprehensive course work about 25 kinds of cancers, surgeries, treatments and side effects. Gulotta recertifies every two years as the institute updates its 330-page training manual with the latest medical information.

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The opposition has challenged Treasurer Wayne Swan's warnings of yet another tough federal budget, saying his pre-budget statements often give notice of painful cuts that don't come about.

Mr Swan on Thursday said federal government programs will be cut or cancelled to offset further revenue falls in the upcoming budget to meet Labor's commitment to deliver a surplus in 2012/13.

While those cuts won't be "slash and burn" reductions, the treasurer said there won't be a lot of new spending either as he tries to make up the fiscal gap created by significant writedowns to revenue, historically low tax levels and longer-term structural changes in the economy.

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"The reality is that we need to cut and cancel existing programs if we are to meet our targets, and we'll need to redirect some spending to where it is needed most," he told an Australian Business Economists' function in Sydney.

In the mid-year budget update released last November, Treasury forecast a $1.5 billion surplus for 2012/13, after a $37.1 billion deficit in this financial year.

Mr Swan remains determined to deliver the surplus, although the final outcome won't be known until late in calendar 2013.

Opposition treasury spokesman Joe Hockey said on Thursday the outcome was never what was promised and the government was "addicted" to spending.

"Before each budget he promises Armageddon," he told ABC Radio.

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