exercise is medicine

 

Me and My Asthma

I found an interesting article today about a study that linked childhood obesity to asthma.  The study found “that healthy children with higher levels of body fat and lower levels of physical activity had greater amounts of airway narrowing after exercise.”  For the details, check out the article.
The headline caught my attention because I have [...]

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Quick Thought on Exercise

“As the number of people affected by heart failure is expected to rise with the aging U.S. population, it is promising to know that regular aerobic activity can not only help patients extend their lives, but exercise can also positively impact their everyday activities and outlook.” 
From Elizabeth G. Nabel, MD, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute [...]

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Exercise is Medicine

Yesterday I read a post called Exercise is Good Medicine from Carole Carson’s blog.  She talks about the “Exercise is Medicine” campaign which calls on doctors to “assess and review every patient’s physical activity program at every visit.”
I hadn’t heard about the Exercise is Medicine movement but I was excited to learn about it.  It [...]

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  • 22lbs in 10 Days -- 1st Weigh In On New Diet All I can say is wow! I didn't want to believe that my newly purchased bathroom scale was reading the proper weight, but my weigh in with Dr Sean Bourke at Jumpstart Medicine proved it to be slightly high. Here is a graph of my weight loss (if you are......

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