Exercise as Preventive Medicine
Exercise as Preventive Medicine
Researchers evaluated 57 randomized trials testing the effect on mortality of exercise and drugs in four prevention regimens: the secondary prevention of coronary heart disease, rehabilitation from stroke, treatment of heart failure, and prevention of … Read more on New York Times (blog)
Exercise 'as effective as drugs' for common diseases
Among stroke patients, exercise proved more effective than drug intervention. Researchers at the London School of Economics, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute at Harvard Medical School and Stanford University School of Medicine compared the … Read more on Medical News Today
Improved gait training for stroke patients – Improved gait training for stroke patients http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19916847.
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