Physical activity across lifespan | Treating childhood anxiety | Heart failure pathway

Getting active later in life brings benefits; supportive parenting can reduce child's anxiety; and blocking a pathway to heart failure

March 19, 2019 Edition Getting active later in life brings benefits People who were inactive as teens and young adults but increased physical activity in middle age saw the same reduced risk of death as those who stayed active from adolescence onward. Supportive parenting can reduce child's anxiety Teaching parents ways to respond to their child's anxiety may reduce symptoms as well as the standard therapy treatment for childhood anxiety. Blocking a pathway to heart failure Researchers identified drugs to restore heart muscle function in rodents with heart failure. The findings may help pave the way for a similar approach in people. Popular Stories How disrupted sleep may lead to heart disease Weekend catch-up can't counter chronic sleep deprivation Reduced-calorie diet lowers signs of inflammatory bowel disease Light activity may lower harmful effects of sitting Understanding recurrent tonsillitis Connect with Us Facebook RSS Feed Update Your E-mail Address | Add Subscriptions | Unsubscribe If you have questions or problems with the subscription service, please contact subscriberhelp.govdelivery.com. For all other inquiries about NIH programs and activities, please contact Ask NIH. Before writing, please view our Frequently Asked Questions page, our Health Information page, or Search our website. This service is provided to you by the National Institutes of Health. NIH…Turning Discovery Into Health®      This email was sent to myhcistech.healthnews360@blogger.com using GovDelivery Communications Cloud on behalf of: National Institutes of Health (NIH) · 9000 Rockville Pike · Bethesda MD 20892 · 301-496-4000 / TTY 301-402-9612