En härlig fördel att vara gift med en läkare är att man får dagliga updates om nya studier som görs vid olika universitet. Jag är givetvis mest intresserad om allt som har med fitness och hälsa att göra. Det senaste brevet hon fick från AMA (American Medical Association) handlade mycket om styrketräningens positiva inverkan på diabetes. Kl. är ganska mycket och jag orkar inte översätta så kopierar hela sammanfattningen av det som har skrivits och visats i de största media kanalerna i USA.
Weight lifting may reduce type 2 diabetes risk in men.
ABC World News (8/6, story 8, 0:20, Stephanopoulos) reported, "And in healthy living, a new way to reduce the risk of diabetes: A study by Harvard School of Public Health" published online August 6 in the Archives of Internal Medicine "found that men who lift weights at least two and a half hours per week decrease their risk of getting type 2 diabetes by a third."
Bloomberg News (8/7, Ostrow) reports, "Lifting weights 30 minutes a day, five times a week, may reduce a man's chance of developing type 2 diabetes by as much as 34 percent, and when combined with aerobic exercise like brisk walking or running, cuts the risk as much as 59 percent."
On its website, ABC News (8/7, Moisse) points out that "more than 32,000 men" took part in the study.
"Even a small amount of weight training helped," HealthDay (8/7, Dallas) reports. "Men who lifted weights for just up to 59 minutes a week reduced their risk for diabetes by 12 percent."
According to MedPage Today (8/7, Fiore), the study "was supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health." Also covering the story are Medscape (8/7, Brown) and Reuters (8/7, Joelving).
Regular exercise may reduce mortality in diabetes. Medscape (8/7, Fox) reports, "In patients with diabetes mellitus, even moderate levels of regular exercise can reduce risk of death by up to 38%, according to a newly published study that combines prospective cohort data with a meta-analysis of 12 previous studies." The meta-analysis was published online Aug. 6 in the Archives of Internal Medicine. An accompanying editorial "says it is important for physicians to be aware of the physiologic effects and benefits of various types of exercise, so they can appropriately counsel their patients."
