Dr. Weeks’ Comment: Why not?
Stay Active to Reduce Your Risk of Prostate Cancer
Can an active lifestyle protect a man from prostate cancer? Research reported in the journal Cancer Causes and Control (Volume 19, page 107) suggests that it might …
Much effort has been devoted to searching for lifestyle or environmental factors that might serve as [...]
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Wii Fit May Not Help Families Get Fit
ScienceDaily (Dec. 25, 2009) — The Nintendo Wii Fit many people are considering as Christmas gifts may be great entertainment, but a University of Mississippi study indicates the console has little effect on family fitness.
The study was conducted by Scott Owens, UM associate professor of health [...]
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Dr. Weeks’ Comment: while exercise trumps PT – I recommend both!
Exercise Better Than Shockwave Treatment For Chronic Shoulder Pain, Study Finds
ScienceDaily (Sep. 16, 2009) — Supervised exercises are more effective than shockwave treatment to relieve chronic shoulder pain, finds a study published on bmj.com.
Shoulder pain is the fourth most common type of musculoskeletal pain reported [...]
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The painful truth about trainers: Are running shoes a waste of money?
Thrust enhancers, roll bars, microchips…the $20 billion running – shoe industry wants us to believe that the latest technologies will cushion every stride. Yet in this extract from his controversial new book, Christopher McDougall claims that injury rates for runners are actually on the [...]
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