Physical Activity
Lifestyle changes in patients with kidney disease linked to lower mortality rates
A cohort study of 27,271 participants with and without reduced kidney function identified a link between healthy lifestyle behaviors and reduced risk of mortality, heart disease, coronary events and strokes.
Physical activity slows cognitive decline in APOE e4 carriers with Parkinson’s disease
Top in cardiology: Long-term impact of COVID-19, metabolic syndrome risk
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted various areas of cardiology care and reversed many patients’ positive lifestyle choices, which will lead to an increase in chronic diseases, according to experts.
‘Hypertension’ and ‘high-normal’ labels may cause more harm than good in low-risk patients
Labeling low-risk individuals based on a high BP reading led to increased worry and disease perceptions and no changes in willingness to make lifestyle changes, researchers reported.
Healthy diet, exercise linked to reduced risk for metabolic syndrome later in life
Adherence to guideline-recommended physical activity or diet conferred benefits for cardiometabolic health later in life; however, adherence to both may confer the greatest risk reductions, researchers reported.
Regular physical activity reduces risk for type 2 diabetes, independent of pollution
Adults who routinely engage in a high level of physical activity may be able to reduce their risk for developing type 2 diabetes, even in areas with high air pollution, according to a study published in Diabetologia.
Top in endocrinology: Benefits of physical activity, harms of thyroid cancer overdiagnosis
A study found that any amount of physical activity protects against fractures in middle age people. It was the top story in endocrinology last week.
Fatigue, Raynaud’s top physical activity barriers for patients with scleroderma
Fatigue and Raynaud’s syndrome were rated “important” or “very important” as barriers to physical activity in at least 50% of patients with systemic sclerosis, according to survey results published in Arthritis Care & Research.
Any physical activity improves CV fitness; timing may play role
The timing of moderate to vigorous physical activity bouts may improve cardiorespiratory fitness for adults with type 2 diabetes and obesity, especially for men, according to an analysis of Look AHEAD study data.
Low physical activity level may confer risk for instant, short-term MI death
Moderate to high physical activity levels were associated with lower risk for instant and 28-day death related to MI, according to results published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology.