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More intense physical activities (PAs) help reduce abdominal fat in children, reveals a study, noting that PA programs must provide occasions for children to perform vigorous (V)PA to achieve healthier body fat profiles and prevent excess adiposity.

Exercising late in the afternoon may be more potent than working out at any other time of the day for lowering blood sugar levels in people with overweight or obesity and type 2 diabetes (T2D), as reported in a study.

Female young adult cancer survivors (YACS) with sexual dysfunction show higher levels of fatigue, have worse sleep, and experience more frequent severe pain compared to those without sexual dysfunction, reports a study.

Individuals with diabetes may experience a lesser extent of weight loss after bariatric surgery than those without diabetes, according to a study.

Treatment with once-weekly ultrasound-guided pelvic floor musculature trigger-point injections and peripheral nerve blocks plus once-weekly pelvic floor physical therapy for 6 weeks effectively relieves pain and improves function in patients with vulvodynia, a study has shown.

Smoking cessation does not appear to worsen the mental health and may even improve it for smokers with and without psychiatric disorders, as reported in a study.