Exercise

Introducing the exercise component of a behavioral weight-loss program 6 months after beginning dietary changes did not make a substantial impact on long-term weight loss compared with incorporating exercise right away, according to findings published in Obesity.

In recognition of Peripheral Artery Disease Awareness Month in September, Healio has compiled a list of five recent updates on PAD.

Among long term survivors of primary breast cancer, a high level of exercise pre-diagnosis significantly reduced risk for CV events after diagnosis.

LAS VEGAS – RightEye introduced the fully commercialized version of EyeQ Trainer, an oculomotor exercise program, here at Vision Expo West.

Participation in an aerobic exercise training or a stretching and toning program was linked to improved performance on memory and executive function tests in previously sedentary patients with amnestic mild cognitive impairment, or aMCI, study findings showed.

LAS VEGAS — Results presented at the American Society for Surgery of the Hand Annual Meeting showed no differences in improvements of outcomes among patients who did and those who did not receive home therapy after endoscopic carpal tunnel release.

Physicians, particularly oncologists and specialists, frequently lack the time and resources to discuss healthy-lifestyle modifications with cancer survivors, according to study findings published in Cancer.

Patients with metastatic colorectal cancer who exercised regularly achieved longer PFS than those who did not, according to results of a companion study to the Cancer and Leukemia Group B/SWOG 80305 trial published in Journal of Clinical Oncology.

A home-based exercise and/or weight loss intervention failed to improve breast cancer-related lymphedema outcomes among breast cancer survivors with overweight, according to results from the WISER Survivor randomized trial published in JAMA Oncology.

In older long-distance walkers, troponin I levels above the 99th percentile were associated with higher risk for mortality and CV events.