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CNN reports about the seminar conducted by Weill Cornell Medical College. It wasn’t about pharmacology or microbiology. The main objective was about prescribing exercise as a form preventive therapy.
Thing is, even more than half of medical practitioners have not received any formal training related to physical activity based on a 2015 study.
Exercise: It’s What The Doctor Ordered
This isn’t as typical as you might think. More than half of the physicians trained in the United States receive no formal education in physical activity, according to a 2015 study. Read more…
Bob Brenzing from Fox17 explains that the seminar’s main purpose is to teach medical students the importance of incorporating exercise as part of their patients’ therapy. It is highly recommended because it is just one of the most effective forms of preventive treatment.
Dr. Metzl said that a good example for using preventive methods is diabetes. If we give more attention to how this can be avoided, we don’t have to spend a lot of money for medical expenses.
Medical Practitioners Should Prescribe Exercise
The Weill Cornell seminar, a required class for students, is co-directed by Dr. Jordan Metzl and Dr. Marci Goolsby, both sports medicine physicians at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York with faculty appointments at Cornell. Read more…
HSS explores the benefits of physical activity to patients. It has numerous effects which favour a healthy and well-rounded lifestyle. Dr. Metzl says it works for almost everyone with positive outcomes like improving cognitive functions such as memory, focus and mood.
This manages blood pressure and cholesterol levels too. It even has better effects to cancer and type 2 diabetes patients.
Exercise: Benefits Of Exercise To Patients
The far-reaching effects of exercise work for almost every body system from the brain to the heart, said Dr. Metzl, who noted that exercise can also improve memory, concentration and mood while helping lower high blood pressure and cholesterol. Further evidence suggests that exercise has positive effects for many cancer patients and helps control type 2 diabetes. Read more…
Whether we like it or not, it really offers a lot of advantages for our health. If we don’t try it now and reassess our current lifestyle, we might regret it later. If you’re able, do some squats!
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