Friday, 4 Dec 2020
FRAILTY PART 2
Frailty and Physical Fitness Several surveys have highlighted the low level of fitness in the…
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Saturday, 7 Nov 2020
EXERCISE AND THE MANAGEMENT OF CANCER
Exercise in the treatment of cancer Exercise is attracting increasing attention as a treatment for cancers. Regular exercise can reduce…
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Saturday, 31 Oct 2020
EXERCISE AND CANCER
Cancers form a very large group of conditions which are extremely common causes of disease, disability, suffering and death. Nearly…
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Saturday, 24 Oct 2020
EXERCISE AND LUNG DISEASE
Lung disease The secret of longevity is to keep breathing. Sophie Tucker Lung disease encompasses a large collection of widely…
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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 to have overtaken coronary heart…
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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, 12 Sep 2020
EXERCISE IN THE TREATMENT OF STROKES
The use of exercise in stroke rehabilitation Management of the acute episode Exercise is vital to the restoration of muscle…
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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, 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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Saturday, 2 May 2020
AND HOW FIT ARE WE?
Is it important to know how fit we are? I think so. There is a link between physical activity (PA),…
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