Actor Ncuti Gatwa, who plays Eric Effiong on the hit and acclaimed Netflix series “Sex Education,” has come out as queer.
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Men who run, swim and cycle could be cutting their risk of nine types of cancer, according to a new study. Men with good cardiorespiratory fitness are less likely to develop cancers of the head and neck, stomach, pancreas, liver, bowel, rectum, kidney, lung and oesophagus, researchers found.
Cardiorespiratory fitness is a person’s ability to do aerobic exercises, which includes activities such as running, cycling and swimming for sustained periods, or even to climb the stairs. The new study, published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, saw experts from Sweden track just over a million men for an average of 33 years.
The study looked at men who were conscripted to military service in Sweden between 1968 and 2005. At the start of their conscription the men underwent several tests which looked at height, weight, blood pressure, muscle strength and cardiorespiratory fitness.
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During the follow-up period, about 84,000 developed cancer. Researchers found that, compared with those with low cardiorespiratory fitness, men with a higher level of cardiorespiratory fitness were:
19% less likely to develop head and neck cancer.
39% less likely to develop cancer of the oesophagus (food pipe).
21% less likely to develop stomach cancer.
40% less likely to have liver cancer.
18% less likely to develop bowel cancer and 5% less likely to develop cancer of the rectum
20% less likely to develop kidney cancer.
42% less likely to develop lung cancer.
12% less likely to develop pancreatic cancer.
“These results could be used in public health policymaking, further strengthening the incentive for promoting interventions aimed at increasing
Actor Ncuti Gatwa, who plays Eric Effiong on the hit and acclaimed Netflix series “Sex Education,” has come out as queer.
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