If you're a middle-aged woman, here's how to improve your health

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US scientists tracked the physical health of 1,807 women aged 54.5 on average, to see which factors led to improvements in health over the course of 11 years. The women who saw the biggest improvements were those who were under no financial strain, slept well, did not have osteoarthritis, and were the most physically active. The women who saw the least improvement were those who were heavier and those who were taking several medications. Overall, they found roughly 15% of the women saw improvements in health and function over the 11-year study period. However, this type of study cannot show that the factors identified actually caused the improvements in physical health, just that they appear to go hand-in-hand.

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conference: JAMA Network Open

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Organisation/s: Brigham and Women’s Hospital, USA

Funder: The Study ofWomen’s Health Across the Nation (SWAN) has grant support from the NIH, US Department of Health and Human Services, through the National Institute on Aging (NIA), the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), and the NIH Office of Research onWomen’s Health (ORWH) (grants U01NR004061, U01AG012505, U01AG012535, U01AG012531, U01AG012539, U01AG012546, U01AG012553, U01AG012554, U01AG012495, and U19AG063720).

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