Walk faster, not just longer: A brisk pace beats a stroll at reversing frailty
In a 16-week trial, people who walked hard enough to reach about 70% of their maximum heart rate improved more often than those who strolled.
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Health & Wellness
Fitness, strength, sleep and the body after service.
Light weights, real results: What a strength study in women 85 and older can teach the rest of us
A small trial found that low-intensity dumbbell work three times a week improved everyday strength in very old women, a useful blueprint for starting at any age.
GLP-1 drugs beat metformin at heading off diabetes in large records study
In more than 250,000 adults with prediabetes and obesity, three-quarters of them women, GLP-1 users were less likely to develop Type 2 diabetes or heart problems, but the findings are preliminary.
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