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Cardiorespiratory Fitness Linked to Cancer Risk, Mortality?

Megan Brooks July 05, 2023 TOPLINE: Higher levels of cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) may offer protection from colon and lung cancer and from lung and prostate cancer mortality among men, a large Swedish cohort study suggests. METHODOLOGY: A prospective cohort study included 177,709 Swedish men (mean age, 42; mean body mass index [BMI], 26 kg/m²) who completed an occupational health profile...

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Seven things that can affect the heart—and what to do about them

Debby Schrecengast’s blood pressure was “through the roof.” She had gained a lot weight. A history of heart disease ran deep in her immediate family. When she looks back at herself in 2014, the year she suffered a stroke, she sees a “stubborn old donkey” in denial about her health. “I had let my blood...