in Medscape: “Obesity Paradox Twist: Pre-HF Obesity Protects During HF?”
Link to full paper;http://content.onlinejacc.org/article.aspx?articleID=2085758″Pre-Morbid Body Mass Index and Mortality;After Incident Heart FailureThe ARIC Study” ;
Yearly Archive: 2016
in Medscape: “Diet Exercise Boost Stamina in Obese With Heart Failure and Preserved EF”
Start of the article: “WINSTON SALEM NC — In a randomized trial of 100 older mainly female obese patients with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) 20 weeks of supervised diet or exercise or both led to weight reduction…
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about JAMA paper in Medscape: “High-Dose Vitamin D Supplementation Ups Elderly Fall Risk”
Paper in JAMA:;http://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=2478897 Concluaion: “Conclusions and Relevance;;Although higher monthly doses of vitamin D were effective in reaching a threshold of at least 30 ng/mL of 25-hydroxyvitamin D they had no benefit on lower extremity function and were associated with increased…
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Global health and Ageing – report by WHO; US National Institute of Aging
www.who.int/ageing/publications/globalhealth/en/“Overview Population aging is a powerful and transforming demographic force. We are only just beginning to comprehend its impacts at the national and global levels. As we prepare for a new demographic reality we hope this report raises awareness not…
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Bloomberg business News: “FitBit S˝ Over Claims Heart Trackers Miss the Beat Big-Time”
www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-01-06/fitbit-sued-over-claims-heart-trackers-miss-the-beat-big-time
Jungbleiben mit Muskelkraft – in SZ
www.sueddeutsche.de/news/gesundheit/gesundheit-jungbleiben-mit-muskelkraft-dpa.urn-newsml-dpa-com-20090101-151124-99-11088
PLOS Medicine Paper: “Traditional and Emerging Lifestyle Risk Behaviors and All-Cause Mortality in Middle- Aged and Older Adults: Evidence from a Large Population-Based Australian Cohort”
Concludion: “This large study reaffirms the importance of healthy lifestyles here evidenced for adults aged45 y and older. This analysis investigated four established and two novel risk factors namelyprolonged sitting and unhealthy sleep duration which may be added to behavioral…
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in Neurology: “Lower physical activity is associated with higher disease burden in pediatric multiple sclerosis”
Link to paper:;http://www.neurology.org/content/early/2015/08/12/WNL.0000000000001939.short Conclusoin. “….Children with MS reporting higher levels of strenuous PA had lower T2 lesion volumes and lower relapse rates suggesting a potential protective effect of strenuous PA in this population. Further longitudinal studies are needed to establish…
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Is Exercise Really Medicine? An Evolutionary Perspective by Daniel E. Lieberman
Full paper: www.fas.harvard.edu/~skeleton/pdfs/2015c.pdf Conclusion: “The bottom line is that just as cultural innovations are causing the physical activity epidemic new cultural measures are needed to restore the need to move in our environments. Until we do so effectively we can…
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Physical Activity Research Factors Infl-ncing Primary Health Care Professionals Physical Activity Promotion Behaviors: A Systematic Review
Article;International Journal of Behavioral Medicine;February 2015;Volume 22;Issue 1;pp 32-50;First online:;02 May 2014 “AbstractBackground Despite the promising findings related to the efficacy of interventions aimed at promoting physical activity (PA) in primary health care (PHC) the translation of these interventions to…
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