Exercise 'can be as good as pills'

[Northerner]

Exercise can be as good a medicine as pills for people with conditions such as heart disease, a study has found.

The work in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) looked at hundreds of trials involving nearly 340,000 patients to assess the merits of exercise and drugs in preventing death.

Physical activity rivalled some heart drugs and outperformed stroke medicine.

The findings suggest exercise should be added to prescriptions, say the researchers.

Experts stressed that patients should not ditch their drugs for exercise - rather, they should use both in tandem.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-24335710

 

[LeeLee]

It's a thoroughly soggy morning, and I was tempted to leave the bike at home today... but I'll consider myself nagged and get pedalling after all! 🙂

 

[Northerner]

It's a thoroughly soggy morning, and I was tempted to leave the bike at home today... but I'll consider myself nagged and get pedalling after all! 🙂

Well done! I've been lucky here - quite a bit of overnight rain and the weather forecast had led me to believe I was in for a soaking, but dry throughout my run 🙂 Hope you escape the deluge!