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By Julie Deardorff

Kids are toning up, tuning in Teachers at Jacobs Elementary School in Hull don’t mind when their students get to class a little sweaty and out of breath. That’s because the youngsters coming from the school’s early-morning exercise class seem better able to stay in their seats for the rest of the day. Inspired by research like that of Harvard Medical School psychiatrist Dr. James Ratey, who …
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IPhone, iPad and Android apps can help you boost your fitness level. Reviewed: Yoga With Janet Stone, Endomondo Pro, Nike Training Club, Zombies, Run!, Fleetly. Forget Angry Birds. Your smartphone can be a powerful tool for improving your overall fitness if you give it half a chance.

Washington, May 19 (ANI): The benefits of exercise on the brain have been revealed in many previous studies.
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SAN DIEGO, May 18 (UPI) — Fitness professionals are helping keep U.S. military personnel and their families fit, officials of the American Council on Exercise say.

CHICAGO, May 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Chicagoland-based Charter Fitness is opening its newest club in Mokena, IL. Charter Fitness of Mokena is located at 19816 La Grange Rd, Next to Brookhaven Marketplace, …

Findings suggest that the effects of exercise on memory depend on the age of the exerciser; underlying genetic mechanisms matter, too.
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Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay:

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Obama administration's top health official on Friday took the debate over whether healthcare coverage should include contraceptives to the campus of a Catholic university that has been deeply divided over the administration's policy. U.S. Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, in a speech at Georgetown University a few miles from the White House, praised the new U.S …