Exercise may be the single most potent medical intervention ever known

by benrapscallionon 7/11/2024, 9:01 PMwith 11 comments

by helph67on 7/11/2024, 9:57 PM

"One conversation set WA’s joint Scientist of the Year on a path that would see him become a world expert on cancer and exercise—and extend the lives of thousands"...https://particle.scitech.org.au/people/rob-newton-why-people...

"Get plenty of exercise. Exercise helps boost your immune system" https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/004008.htm

by xnxon 7/11/2024, 10:59 PM

Heart health, weight management, muscle and bone strength, reducing risk of chronic disease, boosting mood, reducing stress... if exercise was a pill, no one would believe everything it did.

by tuatoruon 7/12/2024, 8:33 AM

This is why cities should be redesigned to de-emphasise cars.

by proc0on 7/11/2024, 9:12 PM

How is exercise a medical intervention to begin with? I'll have to watch that, it's quite lengthy, just wondering about the framing of the title.

by benrapscallionon 7/11/2024, 9:01 PM

Interview of cardiologist Dr. Euan Ashley by cardiologist Dr. Eric Topol