Physical activity reduces morbidity and mortality from a wide range of conditions, and public health advice encourages people to walk 10 000 steps each day. Indoor air quality Airborne particulates exacerbate chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, so it’s disappointing that a trial of portable particulate air cleaners used in the home showed no benefit. [...]in an intention-to-treat analysis, the primary outcome of respiratory specific quality of life was unchanged (Am J Respir Crit Care doi:10.1164/rccm.202103-0604OC) Changing incidence of metastatic prostate cancer Population based data from the US reveal an increasing incidence of metastatic prostate cancer during the period 2010-18.
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