Exercise & Fitness

Longitudinal study tracks French women from midlife

Keep dangerous supplements out of kids' hands

Benefit observed even in adults with levels of aerobic activity below guideline recommendations

Patients saw improvements in walking, quality of life

Other measures of physical fitness not independently associated with IBD risk

Roux-en-Y bypass or sleeve gastrectomy resolved NASH without exacerbating liver fibrosis

The two approaches can fit together in practice, but questions remain

Moderate walking program did not affect objective muscle injury measures or pain level

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Hitting goal of 8,000 steps or more just 1 to 2 days a week tied to health benefits

Cardiologist's "Walk with a Doc" program now has chapters in 37 countries

Should some heart failure patients be advised to lose weight or shed fat?

Change of just 1 MET tied to longer (or shorter) life

And, no surprise, national data show football is the most injurious