Starting new heart disease meds tied to unhealthy behaviors, study finds
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Alicia Lasek
Feb 05, 2020
People who begin taking statins and blood pressure medications are more likely to stop exercising and gain weight, a new study shows.
Clinical Briefs for Tuesday, February 4
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Alicia Lasek
Feb 03, 2020
Aerobics training boosts cognitive abilities in adults at risk for dementia … Soybean oil linked to neurological changes that can lead to Alzheimer’s … New multimorbidity scoring tool performs...
Men and women benefit from different frailty interventions: review
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Alicia Lasek
Jan 27, 2020
Frail men and women may have different exercise and nutrition care needs, an Australian study finds.
Exercise cuts falls by more than a third, study finds
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Alicia Lasek
Jan 25, 2020
Exercise-only falls prevention reduced facility incidents by 36%, finds a new analysis. Educating staff about polypharmacy risks also helped.
These 5 healthy habits help put chronic conditions on hold
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Alicia Lasek
Jan 09, 2020
Harvard researchers find that healthy lifestyle habits may extend the number of years one lives free of chronic disease.
Clinical Briefs for Wednesday, January 8
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Alicia Lasek
Jan 07, 2020
Antibiograms cannot be used interchangeably between acute care and nursing home affiliates … Antipsychotics raise risk of heart attack, death in hospital study … Lifelong female exercisers benefit...
Cardio exercise is good for the brain’s gray matter, new study finds
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Alicia Lasek
Jan 02, 2020
Heart and lung fitness appears to be good for the brain. And older adults may benefit most when it comes to memory-sensitive regions, say German researchers.
Exercising with MS: Gradually add movement to everyday activities
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Alicia Lasek
Dec 14, 2019
A gradual increase in daily step count between sedentary periods was tied to a reduction in fatigue and other multiple sclerosis symptoms in a recent study.
Residents with stable heart disease should not fear exercise
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Alicia Lasek
Nov 22, 2019
Adults with stable coronary artery disease have better cardiac health when they are vigorously active one to two days a week, say researchers.
Increased activity levels reduce cardiac risk – even in chronic disease
By
Alicia Lasek
Nov 09, 2019
Slowing down in older age may seem natural, but increasing activity is what appears to preserve heart health, say Korean researchers.