{"id":249238055,"date":"2012-11-24T16:47:35","date_gmt":"2012-11-24T16:47:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=249238055"},"modified":"2012-11-24T16:47:35","modified_gmt":"2012-11-24T16:47:35","slug":"uk-study-cycling-helps-cancer-patients-recovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=249238055","title":{"rendered":"UK STUDY: CYCLING HELPS CANCER PATIENTS&#8217; RECOVERY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>-&gt; According to an article in the Nov. 19th ECF Newsletter, &quot;A UK study compared more than 2,600 people with cancer-related fatigue who did or didn&#8217;t go through an exercise program. While past studies point to talk therapy, nutrition counseling and acupuncture as possible remedies, this study suggests that cycling and walking helps manage fatigue. &#8216;We&#8217;re not expecting people to go out and be running a mile the next day,&#8217; said Fiona Cramp, who worked on the analysis at the University of the West of England in Bristol told Reuters. &#8216;Some people will be well enough that they&#8217;re able to go for a jog or go for a bike ride, and if they can, that&#8217;s great. But we would encourage people to start with a low level.&#8217;&quot;<br \/>\n&quot;In the health world, cycling is something of a miracle &#8216;drug&#8217;. Studies have found that it can detect early signs of Parkinson&#8217;s disease, and other studies have noted that an hour of moderate to vigorous cycling extends an individual&#8217;s expected healthy lifetime by more than an hour. &#8216;Governments should see cycling as a key tool in the public health portfolio,&#8217; says Dr. Randy Rzewinicki, ECF&#8217;s Health Policy Officer and Project Manager. &#8216;The health benefits of cycling for transportation are phenomenal. People feel better, they&#8217;re much less likely to be depressed, or fatigued and productivity is higher. That&#8217;s without mentioning cycling&#8217;s ability to combat cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, obesity and strokes.&#8217; According to Rzewinicki, even the dangers of cycling, such as air pollution are outweighed by benefits, at a factor of up to 100 to 1.&quot;<br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/TbPALz\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/TbPALz<\/a><br \/>\nfrom CenterLines, the e-newsletter of the National Center for Bicycling &amp; Walking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>-&gt; According to an article in the Nov. 19th ECF Newsletter, &quot;A UK study compared more than 2,600 people with cancer-related fatigue who did or didn&#8217;t go through an exercise program. While past studies point to talk therapy, nutrition counseling and acupuncture as possible remedies, this study suggests that cycling and walking helps manage fatigue. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=249238055\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;UK STUDY: CYCLING HELPS CANCER PATIENTS&#8217; RECOVERY&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-249238055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biking-elsewhere"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249238055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=249238055"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249238055\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=249238055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=249238055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=249238055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}