Saturday, 2 Jul 2022
FRAILTY Part 1
‘We do not stop exercising because we grow old – we grow old because we…
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Saturday, 25 Jun 2022
OSTEOPOROSIS
‘Some people get all the breaks.’ ‘Get well soon’ card What is osteoporosis? Osteoporosis is the loss of calcium from…
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Saturday, 18 Jun 2022
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, 11 Jun 2022
LUNG DISEASE
Lung disease encompasses a large collection of widely varying chest conditions. The commonest include chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD –…
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Saturday, 4 Jun 2022
Dementia Part 3
Exercise in the treatment of dementia My last two blogs have described some of the problems of dementia and how…
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Saturday, 28 May 2022
Dementia Part 2
Last week I told you about some of the research indicating that regular physical activity can protect against dementia. Today…
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Saturday, 21 May 2022
Dementia Part 1
A modern scourge Dementia is an advancing modern scourge and has recently been reported to have overtaken coronary heart disease…
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Saturday, 14 May 2022
Psychological ill-health Part 2
Exercise in the treatment of psychological ill health There is a general belief that physical activity and exercise have positive…
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Saturday, 7 May 2022
Psychological ill-health Part 1
‘Mens sana in corpore sano. (Healthy mind in healthy body)’ Juvenal, c. AD 100 Psychological illnesses are extremely common. The…
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Saturday, 30 Apr 2022
Parkinson’s disease
Parkinson’s disease (PD) was originally described as ‘the shaking palsy’ by James Parkinson in 1817. The main features of PD…
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