Saturday, 24 Oct 2020
EXERCISE AND LUNG DISEASE
Lung disease The secret of longevity is to keep breathing. Sophie Tucker Lung disease encompasses…
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Saturday, 17 Oct 2020
EXERCISE AND THE TREATMENT OF DEMENTIA
Does exercise improve brain function in dementia? Maybe. There are theoretical reasons to believe that the failing brain might be…
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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, 3 Oct 2020
MENTAL HEALTH
What is mental health? Last week I described some of the benefits of exercise in preventing and treating the commonest…
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Saturday, 26 Sep 2020
MENTAL ILLNESS
How common is mental illness? Psychological illnesses are extraordinarily common. The most common forms are anxiety and depression. A European…
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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, 5 Sep 2020
EXERCISE AND STROKES
What is a stroke? A stroke is “a serious life-threatening medical condition that happens when the blood supply to…
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Saturday, 29 Aug 2020
PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE
Atheroma and Peripheral Vascular Disease (PVD) The cause of PVD Atheroma – popularly known as “hardening of the arteries” –…
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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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