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Physical Activity

Exercise for cancer patients under going chemotherapy

October 23, 2009

A randomized controlled trial from two hospitals in Denmark published in the British Medical Journal set out to assess the effect of a group exercise intervention, as an adjunct to conventional care, on fatigue, physical capacity, general wellbeing, physical activity, and quality of life in patients with cancer who were undergoing chemotherapy. They found an [...]

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Experts Applaud Physical Activity Guidelines Bill

October 23, 2009

Press Release:
EXPERTS APPLAUD PHYSICAL ACTIVITY GUIDELINES BILL
ACSM led call for creation of federal guidelines in 2006; members served on scientific writing team

INDIANAPOLIS — As debate continues over health system reform, a proposal with vast preventive power is drawing widespread support. Scientists, physicians, public health experts and others have rallied in favor of the Physical Activity [...]

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