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| 26 Sep 2010 |
Beyond recreational activity: Being active at work and home helps reduce breast cancer risk
In postmenopausal women, routine physical activity during the day at work or at home that included heavy lifting or carrying versus mostly sitting was linked with about 40% reduced risk of invasive breast cancer…Read more>>
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| 26 Sep 2010 |
Exercise rehab helps heart disease patients calm their hearts
In heart disease patients, completing an exercise-based rehab program increased nerve signals which calm the heart down, explaining further how exercise rehab helps prevent heart attack…Read more>>
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19 Sep 2010
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Arthritis supplements no better than placebo for joint pain
Compared with placebo, glucosamine, chondroitin and their combination do not reduce joint pain caused by osteoarthritis of the knee or hip...Read more>>
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19 Sep 2010
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Greater fullness from higher protein meals during weight loss in men
In overweight and obese men on a reduced energy diet of 750 kcal/day below daily energy need for 12 weeks. A higher protein diet (25% of energy as protein) compared to a normal protein diet (14% of energy as protein) produced greater fullness throughout the day, lower late-night desire to eat and lower preoccupation with thoughts of food...Read more>>
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12 Sep 2010
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High income improves evaluation of life but not emotional well-being
Life evaluation (a person’s thoughts about their life) keeps rising with household income. Whereas, emotional well-being (e.g. feelings that make one's life pleasant or unpleasant) increases with income too but then plateaus at a household income of about $80,000 per year…Read more>>
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| 12 Sep 2010 |
Smoking reduction prior to a quit attempt improves success rate
In light smokers, reducing the number of cigarettes smoked per day prior to enrolment in a quit initiative (nicotine gum and counseling) doubled their odds of successfully quitting after 6 months…Read more>>
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5 Sep 2010
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Resting heart rate helps predict future weight gain
In adults (aged 18-45 yrs), resting heart rate (RHR) was an independent predictor of overweight and obesity in a long-term 7 year study…Read more>>
> A lower RHR is a marker for a higher aerobic fitness level.
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5 Sep 2010
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Modest weight loss decreases urinary incontinence in women
In overweight women, an 8% weight loss after 12 months resulted in a 70% decrease in weekly total and stress urinary incontinence episodes…Read more>>
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