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Parkrun boosts life satisfaction and wellbeing

Joining a weekly parkrun boosts happiness and health, with significant impacts on life satisfaction and social value, as revealed by recent research.

7 Oct 2025

Doctors urged to rethink prescribing parkrun as a health intervention

General practitioners are now "prescribing" parkrun for their patients as part of a social prescribing initiative to promote preventative care.

9 Apr 2025

Park runs boost life satisfaction and save money by improving well-being

Park runs improve life satisfaction, especially for the least active, while providing significant economic benefits through cost-effectiveness.

6 Oct 2024

Breakthrough nanopipette enables real-time observation of cancer cell reactions to treatment

The high-tech double-barrel nanopipette, developed by University of Leeds scientists, and applied to the global medical challenge of cancer, has - for the first time - enabled researchers to see how individual living cancer cells react to treatment and change over time – providing vital understanding that could help doctors develop more effective cancer medication.

6 Mar 2024

Building link between GP practices and parkrun events could help improve patient and staff health

Building connections between GP practices and local parkrun events could help to improve the health and wellbeing of patients and staff, finds a new study by the University of Warwick.

2 Jun 2020

HALO study to assess how recreational running puts people at risk of developing OA of the knee in later life

Every day, millions of us pull on our trainers and hit the streets in an attempt to get fitter while enjoying the great outdoors. But is our love affair with running storing up health problems for us in the future? That's the question a new international study led by researchers at The University of Nottingham, as part of the Arthritis Research UK Centre for Sport, Exercise and Osteoarthritis, is aiming to answer - with a little help from several thousand participants in the increasingly popular weekly parkrun events.

19 Oct 2015