Beat the heat
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The summer's heat can be hard on walkers' skin, energy, eyes and feet. Advice to help walkers better tolerate the heat include drinking plenty of fluids, walking in areas as far away from automobile traffic as possible and wearing acrylic socks that draw sweat away from the feet.
Publication Name: Prevention
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0032-8006
Year: 1995
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Life and limb: stride into the the cure for intermittent claudication
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Walking can help a person recover from a mild case of intermittent claudication, a peripheral vascular disease that can occur when the arteries in the legs narrow due to fatty deposits. More serious cases may require surgery and drugs.
Publication Name: Prevention
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0032-8006
Year: 1996
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They walked off a 'ton'!
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Three grossly overweight persons retell how they lost weight and trimmed down to a healthy size by walking for exercise. One woman weighed 360 pounds before beginning a walking regimen, and she dropped from a size 56 to a size 14.
Publication Name: Prevention
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0032-8006
Year: 1993
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