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A healthy lifestyle may help former smokers lower their risk of death from all causes

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Thursday, September 22, 2022

Former smokers who stick to a healthy lifestyle have a lower risk of dying from all causes than those who don’t engage in healthy habits, according to a new study by researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health. The reduced risk of dying was observed for specific causes, including cancer and heart and lung diseases. Lifestyle interventions have not been robustly studied in former smokers, and these new findings could have important implications for the 52 million former smokers in the United States.

Maintaining a healthy lifestyle—defined

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Where do New York, New Jersey rank?

Where does your state rank?

A new study found Hawaii was the best state to live in for a long and healthy life. Here’s where the other states rank on the list.

NEW YORK – A new study by Life Extension ranked New York 18th and New Jersey 16th on a list of the best and worst states to live in for a long and healthy life.

According to the website, the best states tend to have scenic outdoor areas and active populations, like Hawaii.

Seven of the 10 states with the longest life expectancies also rank in the top

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IOC and WHO strengthen ties to advocate healthy lifestyles

WHO was instrumental in sharing technical advice with the IOC during the discussions that led to the postponement of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, and continues to provide advice as it gathers additional knowledge and understanding of COVID-19.

The IOC and sports organizations recently benefited from WHO guidelines on mass gatherings, aiming specifically to provide additional support to sports event organizers and host countries in developing a risk-assessment process, identifying mitigation activities and making an informed evidence-based decision on hosting any sporting event events. The guidelines can be found here.

As part of the new agreement, the IOC and WHO

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Healthy lifestyle may mean lower risk of long Covid, study says



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People who had a healthy lifestyle before Covid-19 infection may have a lower risk of long Covid than their peers, a new study says.

The study, published Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine, looked at almost 2,000 women who reported a positive Covid-19 test between April 2020 and November 2021. The participants were enrolled in the Nurses’ Health Study II, which has surveyed more than 100,000 US nurses since 1989.

The researchers looked at six modifiable lifestyle factors that they defined as healthy: a body-mass index between 18.5 and 24.7, never smoking, moderate alcohol consumption, a high-quality diet, seven

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