Cycling

In addition to being fun, cycling is an extremely efficient way to keep in shape and improve cardiovascular fitness.

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Reviewed November 2007

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Title:   Cycling - preventing injury
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Cycling can improve your physical and mental health. It's a great way to get out and enjoy the world around you. However, bicycle injuries can occur. Common cycling injuries may cause lower back pain, numb toes, burning feet, as well as damage to the hands, shoulders or knees.
Date:   Jun 2008
Title:   Child safety - bikes
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Bike safety is important for people of all ages. Keeping your child safe while cycling involves teaching them riding skills, making sure they have the right equipment and that they use it properly, and helping them to be safety conscious.
Date:   Dec 2007
Title:   Cycling - health benefits
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Cycling is a great way to exercise while also enjoying the environment around you. It can also be a competitive sport. Cycling is mainly an aerobic activity, which means that your heart, blood vessels and lungs all get a workout.
Date:   Jul 2007
Title:   Cycling health and safety tips
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Riding a bicycle is a great form of exercise, and it's fun. If you follow a few basic health and safety tips, you'll get the most out of your cycling and reduce your risk of injury.
Date:   Feb 2007
Title:   Cycling and disease prevention
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Research shows that doing regular exercise like riding a bike can help to protect you from certain diseases including stroke, heart attack, some cancers, depression, diabetes, obesity and arthritis. Cycling is a healthy, low impact exercise that can be enjoyed by people of all ages. And it's fun.
Date:   Feb 2007
Title:   Cycling and your health
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Riding a bicycle is a low impact form of exercise that can be enjoyed by people of all ages and fitness levels. It can help to improve your general health while being gentle on your joints. It's also a great way to have fun, get fit and spend time with friends and family.
Date:   Nov 2006
Title:   Interventions for increasing pedestrian and cyclist visibility for the prevention of death and injuries
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Pedestrians and cyclists are often killed or seriously injured in traffic crashes, especially in the developing world where walking and bicycling are essential modes of transportation. In the UK, one in three road traffic fatalities is a pedestrian or c...
Title:   Riding a bike
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Getting a bike is really exciting. At last you can go off and join your mates, you can go places that are too far to walk,
Date:   Mar 2006
Title:   Erectile dysfunction and cycling
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Does cycling affect the penis and cause erectile dysfunction and impotence?
Date:   Mar 2006
Title:   Cycling to health
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Cycling is a good all-round exercise improving both endurance and aerobic capacity. Cycling tones various muscle groups like the calves and thighs, and strengthens the back.
Date:   Mar 2006
Title:   Non-legislative interventions for the promotion of cycle helmet wearing by children
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Many children suffer head injuries while riding a bike. The review focused on encouraging children to wear helmets, as distinct from compelling them to do so through laws. The reviewers wanted to find out which sort of campaigns work best particularly ...
Date:   Feb 2005
Title:   Alcohol and bicycles: a bad combination
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Driving while under the influence of alcohol is known to be dangerous, but cycling while drunk is no better.
Date:   Feb 2002
Title:   Helmets for preventing head and facial injuries in bicyclists
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Cycling is a healthy and popular activity for people of all ages. Crashes involving bicyclists are, however, common and often involve motor vehicles. Head injuries are responsible for around three-quarters of deaths among bicyclists involved in crashes....
Date:   Jul 1999
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