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Study: Exercise just as effective as medicines

Exercise does the body good , everyone knows that. But a new study included about 340 thousand people found that the effect of physical activity on the body is identical the effect of drugs in terms of heart disease and blood vessels and prevent diabetes. Sports instead of medication? Researchers from Britain and the United States have found that physical activity reduces the risk of death in patients suffering from a heart attack or stroke, same as with medication. New research published in the medical journal BMJ. Researchers from the London School of Economics, Stanford Medical School and Harvard University analyzed findings from -305 randomized studies involving 339 274 patients. Studies have shown no significant statistical difference between the exercise and drug treatment, in reducing mortality in people suffering from cardiovascular or those suffering from pre-diabetes. In stroke patients, the researchers found that exercise is more effective than medication in reduci...