health & fittnes

Chris Evert’s recent health update: Her fight with cancer

13/08/2024

Tennis icon Chris Evert has courageously opened up about her ongoing battle with ovarian cancer, revealing the disease’s return and her current treatment journey. The 68-year-old, who first disclosed her diagnosis in January 2022, is now undergoing her third round of chemotherapy. Evert’s initial diagnosis came after a preventive hysterectomy in December 2021, leading to the discovery of Stage 1C ovarian cancer. The early detection was partly due to her proactive approach to health, inspired by her family history; her sister Jeanne Evert Dubin passed away from ovarian cancer in February 2020. After undergoing six rounds of chemotherapy, Evert was…

Exercise improves health and fitness in schoolchildren, study finds

06/08/2024

A study led by researchers from the UGR’s Department of Physical Education and Sports, in collaboration with pediatricians from the Pediatric Endocrinology Unit of the Virgen de las Nieves University Hospital in Granada and external national and international partners, has shown that schoolchildren who exercise improve their physical fitness and health. The study, published in the prestigious scientific journal JAMA Network Openrevealed that the regular physical exercise the children undertook during the five-month program enabled them to reduce their cardiometabolic risk, LDL cholesterol, body mass index, fat mass and visceral fat, and to improve their aerobic capacity. Improved health and…