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Cardio fitness linked to lung, colorectal cancer risk, survival
Higher cardiorespiratory fitness is associated with a lower risk of lung and colorectal cancer, and a lower risk of mortality among those who are diagnosed with the disease, compared to adults with low fitness levels.
moreCancer
Obese older adults face fewer years of fully functional life
A study of 3,452 Singaporeans ages 60 and older showed that those with a higher body mass index (BMI) might have the same number of remaining years of life compared to those with a lower BMI, but spend fewer of those years in good health.
moreObesity
Medicare urged to use external reference pricing
Many countries (though not the US) use external reference pricing to help determine drug prices for drugs that were already established in the market.
moreEconomics of aging
Positive emotion skills curb caregiver depression, anxiety
A new method of coping with the physical and emotional stress of caregiving, designed by researchers at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago, led to reductions in caregiver anxiety and depression after six weeks and resulted in better self-reported physical health and positive attitudes toward caregiving.
moreCaregiving
Stats: Top 10 fittest cities analyzed, ranked by ACSM
The American College of Sports Medicine and the Anthem Foundation have just released the 2019 American Fitness Index, which annually ranks 100 cities across the US.
moreTrends
Tech Talk: Study pilots motion-tracking wearable for Parkinson's
A recently launched UK project entitled "Developing Home-based Parkinson's Care" and led by the University of Plymouth and University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust (UHPNT), enables Parkinson's disease patients to use a wrist-worn device known as a Personal Kinetigraph (PKG) as part of an initiative to help them and a specialist team monitor the condition at home.
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