Exercise Or Medicine? Turns Out, You Have A Choice!

Exercise as good as drugs in treating heart disease

The British Medical Journal (BMJ) released the results of a study on October 1, 2013 that revealed a regular exercise regimen was similar to the results that medication procured. Is exercise best? For Americans who dont want to use medication to deal with heart disease, heart failure or diabetes, prevention of all three can be secured with exercise instead. People who have suffered a stroke, however, can use exercise as a more effective treatment than medications, according to the trials results. Benefits defined Patients who forego medication in lieu of exercise also secure additional benefits.
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In the meantime, “exercise interventions should therefore be considered as a viable alternative to, or alongside, drug therapy.” The definition of exercise and their frequency, intensity and duration varied across the list of studies included in the analysis, which limits the ability to generalize the findings to different forms of physical activity, said the authors, who received no funding for the review. Drug treatments in the studies included statins and beta blockers for coronary heart disease; anticoagulants and antiplatelets for stroke; and diuretics and beta blockers for heart failure. A landmark study by Dean Ornish, founder of the Preventive Medicine Research Institute, found a low-fat vegetarian diet, increased exercise and stress management can reduce heart disease more than standard medical care. Patients who receive training from medical professionals on Ornish’s program for reversing heart disease have been reimbursed by Medicare since January 2011. Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death globally, killing at least 17 million people a year with fatalities predicted to rise to more than 23 million by 2030, according to the World Health Organization. Deaths linked to heart disease and stroke would be reduced by 25 per cent if people quit smoking, limited salt intake and adopted other healthy habits, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said last month.
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Exercise will test Kansas’ response to disease

Department of Agriculture. The Lawrence Journal World reports ( http://bit.ly/19Aq4sy) the exercise will be held Wednesday and Thursday at the Biosecurity Research Institute in Manhattan. Sandra Johnson , emergency management coordinator for the Kansas Department of Agriculture , says the USDA isn’t participating because of the partial government shutdown. The exercise costs more than $100,000, with much of the funding from federal grants.
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