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Exercise to Extend Your Life
by Phil Hardesty
Imagine if there was a pill you could take that was free and would virtually eliminate, or at least minimize most disease processes. It would provide you with energy and strength to live your life beyond what you thought was possible. Everyone would want this pill and if it worked as well as it promised, just think of how healthy our population may be.
Of course this "pill" does exist. It's called regular physical activity and exercise.
According to the World Health Organization's Global Health Risks data physical inactivity is the fourth leading cause of death globally only behind high blood pressure, ...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - May 9, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
More Doctors Are Prescribing Exercise Instead Of Medication
BOSTON (AP) — When Dr. Michelle Johnson scribbles out prescriptions, the next stop for many of her patients is the gym, not the pharmacy.
Doctors treating chronic health problems increasingly are prescribing exercise for their patients — and encouraging them to think of physical activity as their new medication.
In one such program run by a health center in Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood, primary care physicians, internists and psychologists prescribe access to a gym for $10 a month, including free child care, classes and kids programs. Providing affordable gym access for patients ensures compliance, said Gibbs Sa...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - March 15, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: deanreddington Tags: Health Local News Exercise Ken MacLeod Source Type: news
Should This Patient With Ischemic Stroke Receive Fluoxetine?
You admit T.R., a 75-year-old man, to your inpatient rehabilitation unit 10 days after a stroke. He has a medical history of hypertension and type II diabetes. On the day of his admission to the neurology service, he experienced a sudden onset of severe left-sided weakness with a facial droop and slurring of speech. His husband was driving them both to a social event at the time and detoured immediately to the emergency department, where the patient received tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) for a large, right middle cerebral artery thrombosis seen on magnetic resonance imaging.
Source: PM and R - December 1, 2015 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Heidi Schambra, Brian Im, Michael W. O'Dell Tags: Point/Counterpoint Source Type: research
