Exercise acts as a drug; the pharmacological benefits of exercise

J Vina, F Sanchis‐Gomar… - British journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The beneficial effects of regular exercise for the promotion of health and cure of diseases
have been clearly shown. In this review, we would like to postulate the idea that exercise …

[HTML][HTML] Exercise sustains the hallmarks of health

Y Qiu, B Fernández-García, HI Lehmann, G Li… - Journal of sport and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Exercise has long been known for its active role in improving physical fitness and sustaining
health. Regular moderate-intensity exercise improves all aspects of human health and is …

Exercise as a polypill for chronic diseases

H Pareja-Galeano, N Garatachea, A Lucia - Progress in molecular biology …, 2015 - Elsevier
Exercise may be described as a polypill to prevent and/or treat almost every chronic
disease, with obvious benefits such as its low cost and practical lack of adverse effects …

[HTML][HTML] Exercise as a prescription for patients with various diseases

X Luan, X Tian, H Zhang, R Huang, N Li, P Chen… - Journal of sport and …, 2019 - Elsevier
A growing understanding of the benefits of exercise over the past few decades has
prompted researchers to take an interest in the possibilities of exercise therapy. Because …

Exercise as medicine–evidence for prescribing exercise as therapy in 26 different chronic diseases

BK Pedersen, B Saltin - … journal of medicine & science in sports, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
This review provides the reader with the up‐to‐date evidence‐based basis for prescribing
exercise as medicine in the treatment of 26 different diseases: psychiatric diseases …

Exercise is medicine and physicians need to prescribe it!

RE Sallis - British journal of sports medicine, 2009 - bjsm.bmj.com
The three major factors that influence our health and longevity are genetics, the environment
and behaviour. Because we have very little control over genetic factors, it is critical that we …

The exercise pill—too good to be true?

LJ Goodyear - New England Journal of Medicine, 2008 - Mass Medical Soc
The Exercise Pill â•fl Too Good to Be True? Page 1 clinical implications of basic research The
new england journal of medicine n engl j med 359;17 www.nejm.org october 23, 2008 1842 …

Exercise: the lifelong supplement for healthy ageing and slowing down the onset of frailty

J Vina, L Rodriguez‐Mañas… - The Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The beneficial effects of exercise have been well recognized for over half a century. Dr
Jeremy Morris's pioneering studies in the fifties showed a striking difference in …

Lack of adequate appreciation of physical exercise's complexities can pre‐empt appropriate design and interpretation in scientific discovery

FW Booth, MJ Laye - The Journal of physiology, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Two major issues are presented. First, a challenge is made by us that a misunderstanding of
physiology has led to incomplete or wrong functional designations of genes in some cases …

An overview of the beneficial effects of exercise on health and performance

A Kramer - Physical Exercise for Human Health, 2020 - Springer
Life expectancy is steadily increasing in modern societies, and so are noncommunicable
diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, obesity, and cancer, accounting for …