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British Journal of Sports Medicine, 2017
The aim of the study was to explore the role of tennis in the promotion of health and prevention of disease. The focus was on risk factors and diseases related to a sedentary lifestyle, including low fitness levels, obesity, hyperlipidaemia, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular disease, and osteoporosis. A literature search was undertaken to
Babette M, Pluim +4 more
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The aim of the study was to explore the role of tennis in the promotion of health and prevention of disease. The focus was on risk factors and diseases related to a sedentary lifestyle, including low fitness levels, obesity, hyperlipidaemia, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular disease, and osteoporosis. A literature search was undertaken to
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Discounting and health benefits
Health Economics (United Kingdom), 1992AbstractThis paper argues that non‐monetary health benefits should not be discounted at the same rate as variables expressed in monetary terms. It argues instead that the appropriate discount rate should be at or close to zero. It explores the various influences of rising income, age and pure time preference on the relative value of current and future ...
M, Parsonage, H, Neuburger
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BMJ, 2001
EDITOR—Smith asks why doctors are so unhappy.1 Altogether 17 letters were printed in the BMJ after his editorial.2 They included one from Laurence saying that doctors need to be adaptable to change and one from Jakeman saying that doctors should concentrate on positive aspects of their work.2 Davies thought that we could be victims of our …
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EDITOR—Smith asks why doctors are so unhappy.1 Altogether 17 letters were printed in the BMJ after his editorial.2 They included one from Laurence saying that doctors need to be adaptable to change and one from Jakeman saying that doctors should concentrate on positive aspects of their work.2 Davies thought that we could be victims of our …
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Nursing Older People, 2011
The use of e-health and telemedicine has increased over the past decade. Telemedicine uses phone and video technology and is mainly used to diagnose and treat problems.
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The use of e-health and telemedicine has increased over the past decade. Telemedicine uses phone and video technology and is mainly used to diagnose and treat problems.
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Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care, 2013
In modern society, cocoa is being eaten as a confectionery, contrary to its medicinal use in the past. However, since the last decade, there has been a revival of talks about cocoa's health beneficial effects. Development has been made at the molecular level recently. This review discusses the recent progresses on potential health benefits of cocoa and/
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In modern society, cocoa is being eaten as a confectionery, contrary to its medicinal use in the past. However, since the last decade, there has been a revival of talks about cocoa's health beneficial effects. Development has been made at the molecular level recently. This review discusses the recent progresses on potential health benefits of cocoa and/
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The Benefits of Health Maintenance
The Physician and Sportsmedicine, 1987In brief: Despite major medical advances, life expectancy has increased relatively little over the past 35 years. Most of today's serious illnesses are related to such chronic conditions as heart disease, cancer, and arteriosclerosis, rather than to acute infectious diseases.
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Nutritional and health benefits of pulses
Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism, 2014Pulses (beans, peas, and lentils) have been consumed for at least 10 000 years and are among the most extensively used foods in the world. A wide variety of pulses can be grown globally, making them important both economically as well as nutritionally.
Adriana N, Mudryj +2 more
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Trends In Retiree Health Benefits
Health Affairs, 2002Based on national surveys of employers from 1988 through 2001 and recent key-informant interviews, this paper examines trends in employer-based retiree health benefits. We assess trends in the availability of coverage to early and Medicare-eligible retirees, the cost of coverage, plan choice and enrollment, prescription drug coverage, and recent ...
Lauren A, McCormack +4 more
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Beyond health outcomes: the benefits of health care
Health Care Analysis, 1998Most of the debate surrounding standards in medical care, issues of medical audit and what constitutes benefit from health care assumes that what is obtained from health care is health and only that. This is an assumption which most health economists at least implicitly appear to endorse. This paper questions that assumption. There are various outcomes
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The Health Benefits of Exercise
New England Journal of Medicine, 1993J R, Livengood +2 more
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