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Why Exercise Is The Key To A Longer Life

Dr. Paddy Barrett

The evidence that high levels of exercise and subsequent fitness are linked with increased lifespan and health span is clear. By the end of this article, you should be convinced that high levels of fitness and daily exercise are a MUST for a longer quality of life without major illness. Here’s why. The relationship is clear.

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Physiology Friday #237: An Evolutionary Perspective on Why Exercise Promotes Longevity

Physiologically Speaking

In his book “ Exercised: why something we never evolved to do is healthy and rewarding ”, evolutionary biologist Daniel Lieberman coins the term —  exercists  — which he broadly defines as people who espouse the benefits, joys, and importance of regular exercise, sometimes to a fault.

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Exaggerated Claims about Newly Discovered "Exercise in a Pill"

Physiologically Speaking

Researchers claim to have discovered “exercise in a pill” every few years, like clockwork. Inevitably the media becomes fascinated with this new molecule or pill and runs wild with headlines about how we have found a way to mimic exercise without all of the hard work (finally).

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Research takes on the long-term health of childhood cancer survivors

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

New research from the University of Alberta offers the hope of better long-term outcomes for survivors of childhood cancer—and the path to those better outcomes is exercise.

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Cardiopulmonary exercise testing for cardiovascular risk assessment in patients undergoing gastric and oesophageal cancer surgery: results from a prospective interventional cohort study

Open Heart

Background Cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) has shown to be useful for preoperative risk stratification in various types of intra-abdominal and thoracic surgery. However, data about the predictive value of CPET for cardiovascular outcome after gastric or oesophageal cancer surgery are inconclusive. An AT level <9.5

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The Latest Evidence on Atherosclerosis in Athletes

Physiologically Speaking

If you exercise, you’ll probably live longer than someone who doesn’t. But can you exercise too much? Like anything — food, alcohol, work — exercise can also be overdone. There’s more debate about the optimal level of exercise for reducing the risk of death and disease.

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Does Exercise Prevent Cancer?

Dr. Paddy Barrett

Let’s start with the simple fact that a lot of cancer diagnoses are simply down to ‘bad luck’ You can do everything right and still get cancer. Cancer - Less so. And regular exercise, it seems, might be a good way of doing so. Share Let’s look at cancer specifically.

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