Saturday, 14 Jun 2025
Exercise and cancer management
Exercise and cancer – A significant advance Physical fitness and risk of cancer The risk…
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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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Saturday, 22 Mar 2025
Exercise is Medicine Part 2
Prescribing Exercise You do not have to be a doctor to prescribe exercise. However, written advice about exercise often carries…
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Saturday, 8 Mar 2025
Exercise is Medicine Part 1
Here are a few quotations to support the idea that “Exercise is Medicine”: “The benefits of regular physical activity on…
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Saturday, 22 Feb 2025
More about strength training
Last time I talked about the Department of Health (DoH) recommendations for the amount of exercise needed to promote good…
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Saturday, 8 Feb 2025
Muscular Strength & Endurance (MSE)
The Department of Health advises us all to perform at least 150 minutes moderate intensity activity, 75 minutes’ vigorous activity,…
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Saturday, 25 Jan 2025
….and living better for longer
Both lifespan and healthspan are much in the medical news at present. Healthspan Healthspan – as you know or you…
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Saturday, 11 Jan 2025
Looking good……
Dear Reader The basic message which I would like you to get from my blog is that exercise is good…
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Saturday, 14 Dec 2024
How hard?
The amount of exercise, or physical activity, you take can be assessed by the three parameters – how long, how…
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