Fitness Trackers May Not Improve Health
Study found no evidence that fitness trackers promoted weight loss or improved blood pressure or cardiorespiratory fitness.
Study found no evidence that fitness trackers promoted weight loss or improved blood pressure or cardiorespiratory fitness.
‘A handgrip could be used for early detection of health problems that may lead to premature death.’
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"When individuals' handgrip falls below some reference value for their age group, sex and body height this can be taken as an indicator for practitioners that further health checks may be warranted," said Nadia Steiber from International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in Laxenburg, Austria. "The measurement of handgrip strength in clinical practice is a simple but efficient screening tool for health vulnerability. It comes at a very low cost," Steiber noted.
The study builds on research conducted as part of the Reassessing Aging from a Population Perspective (Re-Aging) project, which showed that handgrip strength could be used as an alternative measure for age, since it corresponds with other markers of age such as future mortality, disability, cognitive decline and ability to recover from hospital stays.
Social Relationships at Work May Determine Your Health
How strongly we identify with the people or organization where we work is associated with better health and lower burnout, suggested psychologists.
How strongly we identify with the people or organization where we work is associated with better health and lower burnout, suggested psychologists.
The study was based on data from the German Institute for Economic Research including over 25,000 measurements of over 11,000 people.
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Good Relationships With Parents may Benefit Child's Physical Health
Good parent-child bonds in economically disadvantaged homes, do not seem to lessen the negative impact of low socioeconomic status as the children age.
Good parent-child bonds in economically disadvantaged homes, do not seem to lessen the negative impact of low socioeconomic status as the children age.
Suicides Lead to Concerns Over Pressures on Mental Health Care
Over half the 1700 mental health patients per year who died by suicide across the UK had a history of alcohol or drug misuse.
Over half the 1700 mental health patients per year who died by suicide across the UK had a history of alcohol or drug misuse.
