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The mainstays of cancer treatment remain surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, immunotherapy, targeted therapy, and hormone therapy. But exercise, psychological support and diet can be powerful adjuncts.
Young LGBTQI+ people are much less likely to play sport than the broader population, new Australian research has revealed.
A 30-minute workout five times a week may be all you need.
A new study has calculated how long you should be sleeping, standing and moving each day for optimal health. And you might be doing more physical activity than you thought.
Heart rate zones are a measure of exercise intensity based on a percentage of your maximum heart rate.
Your sprinting skills have a lot to do with genetics, but your brain also plays a big role.
The more ours joints are used, the stronger the bones and muscles surrounding them become.
Does weight come back when you stop taking drugs like Ozempic? Are these medications simply another (expensive) form of yo-yo dieting? Here’s what we know so far.
Children who play a lot learn skills such as sitting, crawling and standing quicker. Play also leads to better health and wellbeing as they grow older.
We don’t tell people taking statins to treat high cholesterol or drugs to manage high blood pressure they’re cheating or taking the easy way out. Nor should we when people take drugs like Ozempic.
Esports, obstacle course racing and pickleball are becoming more and more popular, but how do they impact physical and mental health?
Setting realistic and measurable goals and giving yourself a little treat when you meet them can help power your fitness motivation through the darker months.
Both high- and moderate-intensity exercise provides similar overall health benefits.
There are ways to incorporate strength-training components into walking to improve your muscle strength and balance.
Office workers are sedentary for hours at a time. Our research looked at what they should do to stay healthy.
Offering financial incentives for exercise may be one way of stimulating, and sustaining, a more active lifestyle. Research suggests that even after rewards stop, exercise gains mostly persist.
We really ought to be sitting less. Seriously.
The Fair Work Commission is considering basic rights to work from home. Here’s what the evidence says about the impacts of working from home on physical health and mental wellbeing.
Education and advice, as well as exercise, can play a role in the management of shoulder pain.
Top contributors
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Professor of Physical Activity, Lifestyle, and Population Health, University of Sydney
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Professor of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University
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Associate Professor, Cardiorespiratory Exercise Physiology, Anglia Ruskin University
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Professor of Health Sciences, University of South Australia
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Professor, Medical Research Future Fund Emerging Leader, University of South Australia
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Professor of Nutritional Physiology, Anglia Ruskin University
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Senior Lecturer in Integrative Physiology, Lancaster University
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Senior Lecturer in Physiology, University of Westminster
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Reader in Exercise and Health Physiology, University of Hertfordshire
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Professorial Research Fellow: Physical Activity and Health, CQUniversity Australia
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Head of Division of Sport, Exercise & Nutrition Sciences, University of Huddersfield
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Senior Lecturer in Clinical Exercise Physiology, University of East London
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Associate Professor in Neuromuscular Physiology, Liverpool John Moores University
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Associate professor & Scientia Fellow, Discipline of Psychiatry and Mental Health, UNSW Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Science, Swansea University
