We've all been told repeatedly that exercise is essential for good health.

How can we make it a part of our daily routine?

This is the People's Pharmacy with Terry and Joe Graydon.

Research shows that cancer patients live longer and better if they follow an exercise prescription.

But how do we get cancer doctors and insurance companies to make exercise a priority?

Cardiologists routinely prescribe cardiac rehab for heart patients.

Insurance companies cover it.

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What lessons from the new research can all of us apply to make our daily lives healthier?

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In the People's Pharmacy Health Headlines, COVID-19 has an impact on blood vessels that's especially pronounced in women.

French researchers recruited 2,390 patients between 2020 and

2022. Some of these individuals had not had COVID, while others had experienced infections of

varying severity. To measure the impact on blood vessels, the investigators utilized a technique called pulse wave velocity.

It measures arterial stiffness by tracking how quickly pulses of blood pressure move through the blood vessels.

Usually the comparison is made between the arrival of the wave at the carotid and femoral arteries.

Higher pulse wave velocity indicates stiffer arteries.

The researchers found that women who'd had COVID had stiffer arteries, especially if they

had been hospitalized with the illness.

Six months later, women who continued to have high pulse wave velocity

were more likely to have symptoms of long COVID, such as brain fog. And accompanying editorial

points out that arteries typically stiffen with age, so COVID has increased vascular aging.

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