Saturday, 13 Dec 2025
Exercise for treating cancer
Apologies So sorry that there was no blog two weeks ago – this was due…
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Sunday, 16 Nov 2025
Prehabilitation and cancer
What is Prehabilitation? Prehabilitation, or “prehab,” is a programme of support and preparation for treatment for patients about to undergo…
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Sunday, 2 Nov 2025
Exercise in the prevention of cancer
Cancer is a word, not a sentence Cancer and exercise Cancers form a very large group of conditions that are…
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Sunday, 21 Sep 2025
Frailty again – and again!
I have long believed that the enormous and growing problem of frailty in later life is the chief source of…
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Saturday, 23 Aug 2025
More about Lifespan and Healthspan
As I said last time, the crucial contributors to lengthening Healthspan and reducing the period of poor health at the…
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Saturday, 9 Aug 2025
Healthspan and Lifespan
Back to Healthspan, one of my principal obsessions. Lifespan is the total length of a person’s life but Healthspan is…
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Sunday, 13 Jul 2025
Back to Running
Another word or two about running (though I suppose that this weekend it should be about tennis!) Running and Age…
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Saturday, 14 Jun 2025
Exercise and cancer management
Exercise and cancer – A significant advance Physical fitness and risk of cancer The risk of developing number of different…
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Saturday, 17 May 2025
More about running
Hash House Harriers I am a great fan of parkrun but this is not the only example of running-as-fun as…
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Saturday, 3 May 2025
Exercise is Medicine Part 5 – The case for running
I do not usually give advice about what particular exercise you should take. I hold that since all exercise is…
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Saturday, 19 Apr 2025
Exercise is Medicine Part 4
Prescribing exercise Who is the prescriber? Doctors, nurses and other medical personnel are the usual practitioners and, added to these,…
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Saturday, 5 Apr 2025
Exercise is Medicine Part 3
Prescribing exercise Although there are powerful arguments that exercise is medicine, prescribing exercise is very different to prescribing drugs. Drug…
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