Fitness
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Healthy living helps prevent breast cancer
Women with a family history of breast cancer may benefit from adopting a healthy lifestyle to stave off the disease, researchers say today. Read more
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Pear-shape genes found
Scientists have found a series of genes which may decide whether someone piles fat onto their hips or waist, it was announced last night. Read more
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Are compulsory ECGs for athletes necessary?
Athletes should undergo mandatory screening for “silent” heart problems before competing, it has been claimed. Read more
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Cancer risk lowered if women exercise
Women who exercise and keep active are less likely to develop womb cancer than couch potatoes, researchers said today. Read more
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How unhealthy lifestyle damages work
Workers with unhealthy lifestyles give reduced productivity – only partly because of high rates of sick leave, researchers warn today. Read more
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Family plea to child obesity workers
Efforts to tackle childhood obesity by running programmes in schools will have limited benefits without backing from families, British experts have warned. Read more
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How low spirits can harm heart
People with heart disease who suffer from depression face a massively increased risk of dying, British researchers warn today. Read more
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Alarm as child fitness declines
The fitness levels of Britain’s children caused fresh alarm today as a new study highlighted declining rates. Read more
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Leg-balancing shows elderly health
People who can perform physical acts such as rising from a chair and balancing on one leg are more likely to live longer than those who cannot, British researchers reveal today. Read more
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How fitness defies temptation
Keeping fit does not just help you burn calories – it helps you resist temptation, British researchers have revealed. Read more