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Post-Stroke Exercise Improves Brain Function
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Coal Phase-Out Boosts Health
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he province of Ontario began a complete phase-out of its
coal-fired power plants in 2005, with all of them having closed by 2015. While the costly measure was expected to produce minor air quality improvements, officials predicted that the resulting health benefits would accrue $3 billion in annual healthcare savings for the community. Realized savings can be seen in
the drastic reduction of smog days in Ontario, down to just one since 2014. “Let’s compare that to 2005, when residents of the Greater Toronto Area suffered through 53 smog days while coal, with its toxic emissions, provided 19 percent of the province’s power,” says Vanessa Foran, president and CEO of The Asthma Society of Canada. “It’s obvious that shutting Ontario’s coal plants has helped clean the air; it’s also given a new lease on life to millions that suffer with asthma.” More proof of the medical
benefits come from an assess- ment conducted by Toronto Public Health in 2014. It reported a 23 percent reduction in air pol- lution-related premature deaths in the city between 2000 and 2011, as well as a 41 percent reduction in related hospital admissions during the same period.
esearch from the University of Pittsburgh, in Pennsylvania,
has established that structured physical activity following a stroke can significantly improve cognitive function in survivors. The study used data from 13 clinical trials that included 735 participants to analyze general cognitive improvement, exec- utive function, attention and working memory, as well as the
impact of different types of physical activity. Researchers found that exercise following a stroke produced cognitive
improvements in both attention and speed in processing information. They further discovered that a combination of aerobic exercise and strength training produced the maximum cognitive improvements. “We found that a program as short as 12 weeks is effective at improving
cognition, and even patients with chronic stroke can experience improve- ments in their cognition with an exercise intervention,” says lead author Lauren E. Oberlin, a graduate student at the university.
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