Many older adults in Canada don't regularly walk outdoors, despite limits to the activity impacting mobility, social isolation and other quality of life factors. In 2021, a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, the risks may be ...
May 4, 2021
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Wearable fitness trackers and step counters help people who are overweight/obese and/or who have weight-related health conditions to shed the pounds, finds a pooled data analysis of the existing evidence, published online ...
Mar 17, 2021
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As more people across the country become vaccinated against COVID-19, the CDC released guidelines last Monday allowing for fully vaccinated people to gather together without masks. But pulling off the mask and adjusting to ...
Mar 15, 2021
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Diabetes is never an easy disease to manage, but coping with type 1 diabetes can be a particularly difficult challenge for teens.
Feb 22, 2021
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Children don't come with how-to manuals. Even if they did, they would all require a manual of their own, tailored to their unique make and model. That's why caregiving can be rewarding, as well as puzzling and demanding—particularly ...
Dec 17, 2020
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For decades, obesity rates in the U.S. have been increasing. Now researchers predict that by 2030, nearly half of adults will be obese if the current trend continues.
Jul 10, 2020
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Gradual release from lockdown means the most at risk will endure social isolation the longest and experience risk to their mental and physical wellbeing.
Jun 23, 2020
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People who are diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS), a chronic neurological disease that affects the body's central nervous system, often experience difficulty in maintaining body balance while walking and are at a greater ...
Jun 19, 2020
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Patients taking part in clinical trials do not receive better treatment than other patients. This is the conclusion of a new study led from Uppsala University and published in peer-reviewed journal BMC Cancer, which confirms ...
May 11, 2020
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Middle-aged people who walked the most steps-per-day over an average of 9 years had a 43% lower risk of diabetes and a 31% lower risk of high blood pressure, compared to those with the fewest steps, according to preliminary ...
Mar 5, 2020
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