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If you'd rather poke a hot stick in your eye than try resistance training then you're missing out on your ticket to a better quality of life.
Deep down, most of us know resistance training is something we really ‘should' be doing to give us that extra spring in our steps. But because it's unfamiliar to many people, the idea tends to get tossed into the ‘too hard basket' never to surface again.
Simple exercises that promote strength, balance, stability and fitness can greatly reduce your chances of a fall. It can be as simple as tripping over because you are tired of lifting your feet high enough to take another step.
The island of Okinawa in Japan boasts the world's highest proportion of centenarians, or people aged 100 years and over. Elderly Okinawans in particular have a history of ageing slowly and delaying or even escaping diseases associated with ageing such as dementia, cardiovascular disease and cancer.
More than a third of people at risk of bowel cancer have never heard of the government-funded test to detect it early, a survey has found. New research shows knowledge of bowel cancer is alarmingly low among 50 to 75 year-olds, those most likely to develop the disease.
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