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February
8, 2008
Dear Friends,
The Cancer
Survivor Center is eager to announce the completion of our
first public service announcement. Please take a moment to
view this video by clicking on the following link Click
Here To Watch Video Furthermore, the video will
soon be available to view on our new website upon completing
some final "renovations!"
As mentioned in
the previous newsletter, we are beginning to include a training
tip in each newsletter edition. Please do not hesitate to
contact us with any questions or comments you may have. We
hope you enjoy this week's tip!
Personal Training
Tip #2
Many exercise books
for cancer survivors ask you to calculate an age-predicted
maximal heart rate in order to find an appropriate aerobic
"training" range that is both safe and efficacious.
While admirable, this method to help you regain your aerobic
fitness is very imprecise because it is not specific to you.
Using the formula to calculate maximal heart rates has an
error rate of approximately +/- 10 beats per minute.
At the Cancer Survivor
Center, we don't estimate maximal heart rates nor do we calculate
training ranges based on maximal heart rates. We actually
measure threshold heart rates and prescribe safe exercise
based on threshold heart rates.
Threshold heart
rate is more reproducible than maximal heart rate and less
influenced by extraneous factors such as stress, dehydration
or cancer related fatigue.
We are proponents
of aggressive aerobic training for cancer survivors but it
is critically to exercise at the right intensities. If you
are starting an aerobic fitness plan, let us help you take
the guess work out of how hard is too hard and what is appropriate
for easy training.
In health,
Riggs Klika
Resources
"Study
Examines Lifestyle Factors and Ovarian Cancer"
A
recent study looks at the associations between cigarette
smoking, alcohol consumption, and caffeine intake in relation
to the development of ovarian cancer in females.
"The
Global Burden of Cancer" Until recently,
cancer was never considered to be a major health issue in
developing countries. Unfortunately, cancer is becoming
more prevalent than ever and is now considered an international
health concern. This article contains information regarding
the prevalence of cancer throughout the world, what the
causes might be, and what leading health organizations are
doing to help decrease the incidence rate.
"Bone
Protecting Drug May Help Breast Cancer Patients"
A recent study suggests that many common osteoporosis drugs
may help women strengthen bones that have been weakened
by cancer that has spread to the skeleton.
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