Study: Recreational Running May Be Good for Your Hips and Knees
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If you have avoided becoming a runner because you were worried that the constant pounding on your joints might cause you problems later, well, you may not have anything to worry about. An analysis of 17 studies involving nearly 115,000 people should put your mind at ease. The findings suggest that
recreational running may actually be
good
for your hips and knees. [1]
A team of international researchers from Spain, Sweden, Canada, and the United States analyzed the studies to learn more about the relationship between running and hip and knee osteoarthritis. They discovered that only 3.5% of both male and female recreational runners developed arthritis in their knees or hips, compared to 10.2% of those who were sedentary or didn’t run for exercise and to 13.3% of competitive runners.
A search-and-rescue robot from Squishy Robotics, one of the finalists in UC’s Startup Innovation Challenge.
The University of California has selected 10 finalists for its 2021 Startup Innovation Challenge, held in partnership with Extreme Tech Challenge (XTC), the world’s largest tech-for-good startup competition. The chosen finalists are comprised of companies with game-changing ideas for fighting climate change, feeding the world, curing diseases and saving the day with robots that can be airdropped into disaster zones.
The finalists will pitch their startups to investors at the Global Corporate Venturing Digital Forum in late January as they compete to take home one of two $50,000 prizes. Finalists will also receive pro bono legal services, be mentored by venture capital judges and have a chance to advance as finalists in XTC’s regional startup competition. All startups that applied to the competition are still in the running for XTC.
Newton recently appointed three newly elected members to its Board of Directors:
Annie Greene, Eric Boecher and
Gloria
Greene, a
Newton native, joins the Board of Directors after 10 years of involvement at the Y s residential camp, Camp Frank A. Day. She attended Frank A. Day as a camper and then spent four years as a counselor. In 2018, she spoke about her camp experience at the Y s A Night Under the Stars fundraising gala. She is a graduate of St. Lawrence University and is currently working as a nanny while attending nursing school. She is the daughter of the late Frederick Greene, who served on the Y s Board of Directors and is remembered as a tireless community advocate.
Doctor Radio on SiriusXM is Now Free Throughout Duration of Pandemic
SiriusXM announces its Doctor Radio channel 110 will be free to the general public to help guide and inform as the Covid-19 virus causes record hospitalizations and deaths throughout the country. The free access and new programming on Doctor Radio coincides with the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) expected approval of a Covid-19 vaccine under Emergency Use Authorization.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, SiriusXM in conjunction with NYU Langone Health, has dedicated the Doctor Radio channel to providing the public with the latest information on the coronavirus outbreak, while continuing to address everyday health concerns. Listeners can access the channel online via the browsers on their computers or phones, as well as their vehicles installed with the majority of SiriusXM radios, even if they’re not a paid subscriber to the service, a media release from Sirius XM Holdings Inc explains.