Saturday, 22 Aug 2026
Movement 26.2 Part 1
Being bribed into good health – Movement 26.2 We should all be grateful for the…
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Saturday, 8 Aug 2026
Exercising in hot weather
I am writing this blog at the end of July/beginning of August. The problem of excessive heat may have passed…
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Saturday, 13 Jun 2026
The Dangers of Hospital Admission 2
The first possible step to avoid the harms of hospital admission is to question how necessary the admission is. How…
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Saturday, 9 May 2026
More about joints
I had not intended to continue with the problem of knee pain this week – but by coincidence a paper…
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Saturday, 7 Feb 2026
Prevention of frailty
As I keep repeating, frailty is not inevitable – it can be prevented – and prevention works much better than…
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Saturday, 13 Dec 2025
Exercise for treating cancer
Apologies So sorry that there was no blog two weeks ago – this was due to a technical glitch –…
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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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