Denny talks exercise and health with BBC Radio 4's Dr Mark Porter
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18th Jan 2016
Being healthy helps improve survial rates for cancer patients
Dr Denny Levett checks one of the custom made Lode bikes
Xtreme Everest's Dr Denny Levett joined BBC Radio 4's Dr Mark Porter on his Inside Health programme last week to talk about the relationship between exercise and health.
Denny, who works as a Consultant in peri-operative medicine and critical care at University Hospital Southampton, spoke about the benefits of being healthy and fit prior to events such as surgery or chemotherapy for a cancer patient. She notes ...exercise and fitness and physical activity have an important effect on survival rates from cancer. So individuals who are fitter have improved survival rates at five years and at 10 years and this is even when you control for other risk factors such as obesity or smoking
To listen to the programme in full please visit BBC Radio 4
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