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Dr. Barry Dworkin

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  • Are slow walkers The Walking Dead? Observational studies do not have the power to prove it.

    September 1, 2017

    Health Headlines Commentary for September 1, 2017   A control group of non-walkers or sedentary individuals would have been more helpful. The slower walkers might have been shown to have better survival compared to non-walkers but this was not included in the study. Source: Slow walkers more likely to die of heart disease: U.K. study…

  • Walkable neighbourhoods may help prevent obesity or more active people choose them hence selection bias is at play

    July 15, 2015

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for July 15, 2015 Source: Study finds link between obesity and neighbourhood walkability Reference: Walk Score® and the prevalence of utilitarian walking and obesity among Ontario adults: a cross-sectional study

  • Walking and dead study to be forgotten unlike TV show

    June 5, 2015

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for June 5, 2015 Source: Walking pace a stronger predictor of death risk than smoking, scientists discover Reference: www.ubble.co.uk.

  • Equal-distance brisk walking as effective as running with respect to health benefits

    April 5, 2013

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for April , 2013 [display_podcast] Source: Brisk Walking Equals Running for Heart Health: Study Reference: Paul Williams, Ph.D., staff scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, life science division, Berkeley, Calif.; Gregg Fonarow, M.D., spokesman, American Heart Association, and professor, cardiology, University of California, Los Angeles; April 4, 2013, Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular…

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