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A daily brisk walk halves heart attack risk
A brisk ‘power walk’ once a day found to significantly reduce chances of suffering a heart attack or stroke. People who go on a fast daily walk have been found to have a 50 per cent lower chance of...
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Walking and your health
Researchers from the University of Bath, UK, looked at data from 38,000 study participants which included details of how often people exercised as well as health problems. Participants were categorised...
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Short burst exercise
UK national guidelines say that adults should be active every day, and in a week do 150 minutes of moderate activity in bouts of 10 minutes of more. This means activities such as brisk walking,...
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Take a walk to ward off diabetes
MILLIONS of Britons could slash the risk of diabetes by taking a short walk after eating. Scientists say a 15-minute stroll three times a day following a meal is just as good as longer bouts of...
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Walk away the stress
One of the best ways to relieve the stresses of the day is to simply walk them away, scientists have found. Walking briskly or jogging really does calm you down by sparking nerve cells in the brain...
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We all need to exercise more
Most adults in England are risking their health by failing to get enough exercise, research suggests. A University of Bristol-led study found 80% failed to meet the government target of taking moderate...
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Walk off your diabetes?
Here’s another reason to ditch the car keys and put on your trainers. Walking to work each day could cut your chances of developing diabetes, claim researchers. They found people who get to work under...
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Exercise and ADHD
More than 2,500 children took part in a trial in which they were asked to walk to school and then describe any benefits they felt. Eight out of ten children said they were calmer and better able to...
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Walking for an hour a day can cut the risk of breast cancer
In the first study of it’s kind, researchers looked specifically at the effects of walking over nearly two decades, as opposed to exercise in general. The American Cancer Society study analysed 73, 615...
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Take a stroll to reduce your risk of stroke
New research finds that spending a long time walking each day, even at a slow pace, can lower your risk of stroke. Doing exercise is obviously a good way to reduce your risk of any cardiovascular...
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Take a walk to reduce breast cancer risk
Post-menopausal women who walk for an hour a day can cut their chance of breast cancer significantly, a study has suggested. The report, which followed 73,000 women for 17 years, found walking for at...
View ArticleA brisk walk fights hypertension
Scientists found that people can dramatically improve their chances of living longer – even if they are only moderately fit. In a US study of men aged over 70 with high blood pressure, the fittest were...
View ArticleShort bursts of exercise can fight ageing
British experts say a quick blast of activity staves off the ravages of time and makes for a fit and healthy old age. People aged over 60 in a trial group transformed their lives by cutting blood...
View ArticleRegular walking can cut breast cancer risk
WALKING for just half an hour a day could prevent thousands of women from developing breast cancer, according to new research. Scientists have found that women who exercise regularly after going...
View ArticleA daily walk cuts cancer risk
WALKING just a mile a day could dramatically lower the chance of dying from cancer, according to new research. It says keeping up a moderate pace of 3mph for 20 minutes could cut the risk of dying for...
View ArticleDaily walk will extend lifespan
A brisk 20-minute walk each day is enough to reduce an individual’s risk of early death, say British researchers. After analysing over 334,000 European men and women, they also found that twice as many...
View ArticleA walk a day keeps the doctor away
Just 25 minutes of brisk walking a day could add to seven years to your life, heart experts have said. Researchers said moderate exercise could halve the risk of heart attack death among those in their...
View ArticleVitamin C and your heart
Daily vitamin C supplements could be as beneficial as walking in improving the heart health of obese people, a new study claims. Scientists have found that taking the equivalent of one vitamin c tablet...
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