Saturday, 19 Oct 2019
PREVENTING FRAILTY
Frailty and physical fitness Frailty is mainly the result of an accumulation of long-term physical…
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Saturday, 12 Oct 2019
MORE ABOUT FRAILTY
Testing for frailty Here is a test for frailty: Sit in an upright chair. Start your stopwatch, get up and…
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Saturday, 5 Oct 2019
FRAILTY and EXERCISE
We do not stop exercising because we grow old – we grow old because we stop exercising. Kenneth Cooper. …
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Saturday, 28 Sep 2019
PHYSICAL FITNESS, FATNESS AND LIFESPAN
As I said in my previous Blog – “What is physical fitness?” – a recent Mayo Clinic Proceedings editorial discusses…
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Sunday, 22 Sep 2019
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND LIFE EXPECTANCY
The relationship between how much you do and how long you live is important for all of us. More light…
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Saturday, 17 Aug 2019
EXERCISE AND DIABETES
Type 2 versus Type 1 diabetes mellitus Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is what we are talking about. Type 1…
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Friday, 9 Aug 2019
EXERCISE AND DEMENTIA
Dementia is an increasing modern scourge. It has recently been reported to have overtaken coronary disease as the most frequent…
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Tuesday, 9 Jul 2019
ENCOURAGING EXERCISE
It is all very well knowing that exercise is good for you but, like knowing that eating too much makes…
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Tuesday, 9 Jul 2019
EXERCISE, OBESITY AND SELF-DECEPTION?
Earlier this year BMJ Open published a fascinating article on the association between exercise and obesity based on results from…
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Monday, 24 Jun 2019
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE – HYPERTENSION
I am starting with this because it is such a common and misunderstood subject. Recent research has focused on the…
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