Good Health is Your Greatest Wealth……Virgil
A BREAK in the weather yesterday offered the perfect opportunity for the official opening of the new Somerset pathway. As the sun broke through the clouds, more than 100 participants made use of the new pathway through Somerset’s Anzac Park and along the foreshore, completing a 2km or 4km circuit.
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Exercise is good for you, but watch it: A new study found that young men engaging in strenuous physical activity are “an often overlooked” group that’s at risk for low blood counts and iron deficiency.
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WEDNESDAY, Sept. 16 (HealthDay News) — Older adults who get regular exercise may live longer and be at lower risk for physical disabilities, according to an Israeli study.
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Even people living in their 80’s can add years to their lives through exercise, according to a new report.Writing in the Archives of Internal Medicine, researchers studied the effects of “continuing, increasing, or decreasing physical activity levels on survival, function, and health status among the very old.”Compared to sedentary individuals, the three-year survival rate among 85-year-olds was …
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Research from Finland suggests that people who are more active and exercise harder are less likely to die from cancer
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Sept. 14, 2009 – Senior citizens who exercise – even if they start as late as age 85 – live longer, healthier, happier lives, according to a report in the September 14 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
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Even in the “oldest old,” a little physical activity goes a long way, extending life by at least a few years for people in their mid- to late 80s, Israeli researchers found.
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With over 40,000 citizens aged over 100 years old, it’s no wonder that Japan is pumping out elderly care robot bear nurses, exoskeleton walking aids, and now Taizo, the bizarre clown-faced,…
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Regular, moderate physical activity may lessen depression symptoms. When Gaetano Vaccaro meets with depressed patients at Moonview Sanctuary in Santa Monica, California, he sometimes moves part of the session outside, taking a walk while talking. The result: “People’s state of mind can shift.”
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HANCOCK – When it comes to exercise, there are people who embrace it, and then others who act like bad boyfriends with commitment issues.
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Exercise may be routine advice for improving heart health, but its effects may differ depending on race and gender, according to a new study.
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