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Physical activity tracked 23% less motor neuron disease across 384,836 UK adults
Exercise has long been suspected of raising motor neuron disease risk, mostly from studies of elite athletes. An Oxford team followed 384,836 people for 14 years and found the opposite, with the lowest risk mid-range.
Sep 1, 2026
Fitter 46-year-olds cost the Finnish health system 11% less a year, and grip strength mattered too
Fitness studies usually stop at disease risk. Researchers linked step-test and grip-strength results for 4,468 Finns to six years of national spending records, then used genetics to test whether the link was causal.
Aug 30, 2026
Supervised exercise in pregnancy cut gestational diabetes risk by a quarter across 19 trials
A British Journal of Sports Medicine meta-analysis pooled 19 randomized trials and 6,213 pregnancies. Gestational diabetes, gestational hypertension, excessive weight gain and large babies all fell, on moderate-certainty evidence.
Aug 28, 2026
Rugby training concussions rose across three seasons, and full-contact drills doubled the risk
Match concussions get the attention, but training ones are avoidable by design. Eight seasons of English Premiership data found preseason carried 1.80 times the risk and full-contact training 2.20 times, with incidence rising since 2016/17.
Aug 28, 2026