Saturday, 10 Oct 2020
EXERCISE AND THE PREVENTION OF DEMENTIA
Dementia, a modern pandemic Dementia is an advancing modern scourge and has recently been reported…
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Saturday, 19 Sep 2020
PARKINSON’S DISEASE
What is Parkinson’s disease? Parkinson’s disease (PD) was originally described as “the shaking palsy” by James Parkinson in 1817. The…
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Saturday, 29 Aug 2020
PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE
Atheroma and Peripheral Vascular Disease (PVD) The cause of PVD Atheroma – popularly known as “hardening of the arteries” –…
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Saturday, 22 Aug 2020
EXERCISE TO TREAT CORONARY DISEASE
Exercise for treating Coronary Heart Disease (CHD): Angina Angina pectoris is the tight central chest pain, sometimes radiating to the…
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Saturday, 15 Aug 2020
EXERCISE TO PREVENT CORONARY DISEASE
Exercise in the prevention of Coronary Heart Disease (CHD): The UK experience Back in the 1950s and 1960s, Professor Morris’…
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Saturday, 1 Aug 2020
THE METABOLIC SYNDROME
What on Earth is that? Well, it is a rather important cluster of some of the conditions which I have described…
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Saturday, 25 Jul 2020
EXERCISE AND THE MANAGEMENT OF DIABETES
Weight control is critical to the prevention and treatment of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM). It is a combination of…
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Saturday, 18 Jul 2020
DIABETES
Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is what I will be discussing. Type 1 DM…
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Saturday, 11 Jul 2020
DYSLIPIDAEMIA
Please forgive me for giving you such a dreadful word – it means undesirable changes in your blood fats. This…
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Saturday, 20 Jun 2020
EXERCISE TO PREVENT/TREAT OBESITY
Changes in body weight are decided by how much you eat and how much you do. Your weight is like…
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Saturday, 30 May 2020
EXERCISE AND DISEASE
It is time to talk about the health-giving properties of regular exercise and of high levels of cardio-respiratory fitness. Today’s…
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Saturday, 9 May 2020
PHYSICAL TRAINING AND PHYSICAL FITNESS
The natural history of cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) The basic facts are these. Using VO2max as the measure of physical fitness,…
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