Predictors of breast discomfort among women initiating menopausal hormone therapy.
Strenuous exercise lowered the odds of new-onset breast discomfort by almost 50%.
Menopause 2009.
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Heart rate recovery after exercise in diabetic men
Heart rate recovery after exercise and incidence of type 2 diabetes in men.
Slow heart rate recovery after exercise testing was associated with the development of type 2 diabetes in men during an average follow-up of 6.4 years.
Clin Auton Res. 2009 Apr 16.
Exercise prevents cancer
Exercise in prevention and management of cancer.
OPINION STATEMENT: Regular and vigorous physical exercise has been scientifically established as providing strong preventative medicine against cancer with the potential to reduce incidence by 40%. The effect is strongest for breast and colorectal cancer; however, evidence is accumulating for the protective influence on prostate cancer, although predominantly for more advanced disease and in older men…
Newton RU, Galvão DA.
Curr Treat Options Oncol. 2008 Jun;9(2-3):135-46. Epub 2008 Aug 13. Review.
Curr Treat Options Oncol. 2008 Jun;9(2-3):135-46. Epub 2008 Aug 13. Review.
Exercise and the fear of hypoglycemia in type 1 diabetes
Barriers to physical activity among patients with type 1 diabetes.
Diabetes Care. 2008 Nov;31(11):2108-9. Epub 2008 Aug 8. (Free full text)
CONCLUSIONS: Fear of hypoglycemia is the strongest barrier to regular physical activity in adults with type 1 diabetes, who should therefore be informed and supported in hypoglycemia management.
Physical activity and prevention of type 2 diabetes
Physical activity and prevention of type 2 diabetes mellitus.
“Data from six large-scale diabetes prevention intervention trials in
adults with impaired glucose tolerance or at high risk of
cardiovascular disease indicate that increasing moderate physical
activity by approximately 150 minutes per week reduces risk of
progression to diabetes, with this effect being greater if accompanied
by weight loss.”
Sports Med. 2008;38(10):807-24.
Breast cancer and exercise
Breast cancer and the role of exercise in women.
This review states that exercise reduces the risk of breast cancer.
Methods Mol Biol. 2009;472:169-89.
Exercise for Fibromyalgia, Review of Treatment Studies
A comprehensive review of 46 exercise treatment studies in fibromyalgia (1988–2005)
Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2006 Sep 25;4:67.
Erectile Dysfunction in Type 2 Diabetic Men
Almost half of 373 type 2 diabetic men reported mild or moderate degrees of erectile dysfunction (ED) and almost one fourth had complete ED.
Cardiovascular risk factors such as metabolic syndrome were highly associated with ED. Increased cardiorespiratory fitness was protective for ED.
J Sex Med. 2009 Jan 30.