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Reduce cardiovascular risk by 2,000 walking steps
Simply by walking an additional 2,000 steps a day, people with impaired glucose tolerance (IGT), prediabetes and cardiovascular disease, can reduce the risk of heart att…
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Good habits for winter are coming
When the heat background is dropping sharply, your skin starts to dry out. Cold air can adversely affect your health, so you will have to change some living habits.
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Harm when doing many things at the same time
While walking while texting, emailing messages while meeting,
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The first step of a little girl with
Emma-Grace Andrews (5 years old) was born with frog-like legs and had her first toddler step in the happiness of her family with special splints.
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Injury due to the phone
Statistics show that in the year of the United States, about 1,500 people had to go to the emergency department because they had just gone on the phone, which doubled co…
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Better walking than jogging
Researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California (USA) compared data from two surveys of 33,060 joggers and 14,045 pedestrians.
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Walk normally with an artificial heart
While waiting for a heart transplant, a man in California (USA) still walks normally with an artificial heart in his chest.
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Cycling reduces fatigue in cancer patients
According to researchers at the University of the West of England, walking and cycling will increase physical fitness in patients on cancer treatment, helping them to re…
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Restore legs for paralyzed people
Scientists have developed a form of electronic implant that allows paralyzed people to control their feet. A surgical team in the UK has applied new technology to four p…
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Death is still twins
Christine Bolden had a stroke on March 1 while walking in Detroit, Michigan (USA) with her boyfriend and 3-year-old son. Five days later, doctors declared her death due…
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People who slowly walk easily lose memory
A study published in the British Medical Journal in 2009 found that people who were slow to face the risk of death from heart attacks and other cardiovascular problems w…
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Virtual reality application in the treatment of parkinson's disease
For the first time in the world, researchers working at the Institute of Brain Research (BMRI), University of Sydney, Australia, have found new ways to help Parkinson's…
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Fast walking prevents prostate cancer
According to scientists at the University of California: The minimum fast walking: 4.83 km per hour, 3 hours per week (ie 14.49 km per week) will lower the risk of devel…
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8-year-old baby got strange disease, his face was like an 80-year-old woman
Ashanti, an 8-year-old British girl, suffers from a strange disease, making her wrinkled face look like an 80-year-old woman.
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People who live long often walk fast
A study shows that walking speed can be a useful sign to predict human life expectancy.