Walking offers a multitude of benefits. It reduces the risk of heart disease, diabetes, dementia, depression, cancer—you name it. However, at least 30 percent of people over 65 have difficulty walking three blocks or climbing one flight of stairs. As people…
You've probably heard by now that exercising regularly is good for your brain and may even help lower your risk of Alzheimer's disease. But new research suggests that you don't have to kill yourself at the gym to harness these…
You do not need to run a marathon or spend hours at the gym to protect your health. Sometimes, the most valuable changes start with a walk after lunch, a short stretch between tasks, or a decision to take the…
Moderate-to-vigorous walking or other types of physical activity may improve retinal health, according to a large population study using a national database from the United Kingdom. The study included data from 11,165 adults in the UK Biobank who had had an…
Walking more briskly was linked to a lower risk of death in a long-running study of older adults, even after researchers accounted for daily step counts. The findings suggest that how people walk can reveal information that the total number…
But when a family member’s health took a turn for the worse recently — involving a flight home and endless follow-up tasks — I didn’t have the time to walk anymore, when I needed it the most. Then I learned about walking…
Walking pace may help predict the risk of death alongside traditional health measures, according to a study of more than 400,000 adults in the UK. Among five measures of physical function and behavior examined, self-reported walking pace was the strongest single…
Per Executive Order 14434, federal agencies are now using "Super Intelligence" (SI) in place of "Artificial Intelligence" (AI). You may see both terms across NIH content during this transition. If you want to live longer, you might consider walking more. That’s…
Want to live longer? Step to it. You don’t necessarily need 10,000 steps a day, a misconception that actually traces back to a 60-year-old marketing campaign. “Everybody talks about 10,000 steps a day,” a workout that can take over two hours, said…
July 7, 2022 | Loretta Waldman, Special to the OVPR The goal of rehabilitation for individuals with neuromuscular dysfunction is to improve the patient’s gait and, in so doing, reduce the risk of falling, increase mobility and reestablish independence. Kristin Morgan, an Assistant…
Walking for health: daily step counts, walking pace, brisk walks and what research finds about them.
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