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06/11/2024

Although more than 40% of cancers are considered obesity-related, excess weight is often just a contributing risk factor, leaving uncertainty about the role weight plays in cancer risk.

03/06/2024

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/adrenal-fatigue-real-condition-2024a100047a?ecd=wnl_sci_tech_240306_MSCPEDIT_etid6355245&uac=156688HG&impID=6355245

While social media influencers promote adrenal cocktails to cure adrenal fatigue, experts contend there is no such thing.

12/09/2023

Really great explanation / visuals of female pelvic area.

10/12/2023

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/996829?ecd=wnl_recnlnew4_ous_231012_MSCPEDIT_etid5946596&uac=156688HG&impID=5946596

It sounds minor, doesn't it? A urologist connects the dots from a "little vaginal dryness" to a major cause of death in women, and tells you how easy it is to treat.

05/26/2023

01/31/2023

Check out the infographic at this link for strategies in handling air pollution. While smog might not be a local concern, things like seasonal wild fires, road construction, indoor air filtration and ventilation, air resurfacing and snow machines, cleaners and fresheners may be.

January 9, 2023 A narrative review and position statement by the Canadian Academy of Sport and Exercise Medicine and the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology Andy Hung1, Sarah Koch2,3,4, Valérie Bougault5, Cameron M Gee6,7, Rômulo Bertuzzi8, Malindi Elmore7, Paddy McCluskey7,9, Laura Hidalgo L...

01/31/2023

03/26/2021

“Wearing of Cloth or Disposable Surgical Face Masks has no Effect on Vigorous Exercise Performance in Healthy Individuals”

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01/29/2021

The American Heart Association (AHA) advises in a new scientific statement - Psychological Health, Well-Being, and the Mind–Heart–Body Connection, “that psychological health can positively or negatively impact a person's health and risk factors for heart disease and stroke”.

Just more reasons to continue to look for ways to treat a person as a whole versus just a singular issue.

Mental health is important to the heart and overall health, the American Heart Association says in a new statement encouraging providers to consider the psychological health of their patients.

10/30/2020

“Around 40% of women who have gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) will develop type 2 diabetes mellitus within 4 years of giving birth. Regular physical activity will help reduce pregnancy-induced insulin resistance and lower the risk of GDM by 30-70%.”

This is a source from USA but CA is very similar.

Pregnancy and Postpartum Training: Coaching Considerations
Stephanie L. Wise, MS, ATC, CSCS
Jean L. Binkley, MSN, MEd, RN
Helen M. Binkley, PhD, ATC, CSCS, NSCA-CPT, FNSCA

10/24/2020

Scientists have discovered a new organ located in the throat that they say may help reduce the side effects of some cancer treatments.

10/21/2020

Dr. Daniel Santa Mina 2015:
“. . . with increased physical activity we are pretty aware of some of the endocrine changes in our system that create a micro environment that is not favourable to tumorigenesis or mitogenesis or the proliferation of cancer cells.”

Conclusion 1: based on current evidence, the risk-to-benefit ratio favours the recommendation of physical activity for all cancer patients.

Conclusion 2: there is no evidence to support any absolute or relative contradictions to physical activity in adults diagnosed with cancer. (Assuming the activity is properly prescribed by an certified exercise physiologist.)