Exercise 'can be as good as pills'

[xchrom]

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

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.

[shedevil69taz]

1. this is news?

we seriously still need studies to confirm that the majority of the population of western culture needs to exercise more?

[postulater]

2. That won't work.

Can't patent and profit from exercise.