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ACSM Blog article by Dr. Richard J. Simpson. "Having higher age and sex-adjusted scores for cardiorespiratory fitness and performing regular exercise of moderate- to vigorous-intensity exercise that fall within ACSM guidelines has been shown to improve immune responses to vaccination, lower chronic low-grade inflammation, and improve various immune markers in several disease states including cancer, HIV, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cognitive impairment and obesity. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has raised a lot of questions regarding how exercise can protect us from infection by boosting immunity".

Episode 216: Exercise, stress and the immune system

Researching the relationship between exercise, stress and the immune system.

University of Arizona nutritional sciences professor Richard Simpson studies how our exercise habits connect with the body's ability to fight illness. He's looked at how short-term stress effects can be beneficial, and has also researched how exercise can help fight cancer.

Richard Simpson spoke with Leslie Tolbert, Ph.D Professor Emerita in Neuroscience at the University of Arizona.

NK-cell function is impaired during long-duration spaceflight

Austin B. Bigley, Nadia H. Agha, Forrest L. Baker, Guillaume Spielmann, Hawley E. Kunz, Preteesh L. Mylabathula, Bridgette Rooney, Mitzi S. Laughlin, Duane L. Pierson, Satish K. Mehta, Brian E. Crucian, Richard J. Simpson

Moderator: Benjamin Miller

Author: Richard J. Simpson

Expert: Glen Davison

News story on how CAR-T cell therapy has cured a young girl of cancer.