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Exercise may be the single most potent medical intervention ever known

by benrapscallion on 7/11/24, 9:01 PM with 11 comments

• by helph67 on 7/11/24, 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 xnx on 7/11/24, 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 tuatoru on 7/12/24, 8:33 AM

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

• by proc0 on 7/11/24, 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 benrapscallion on 7/11/24, 9:01 PM

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