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..., a combination of exercise and advice directed by physical therapists improved pain and function in the short term (Article, p. 787). At six weeks, patients who received real exercise and real advice had less pain and more mobility than a group who received sham exercise and sham advice, but at 12 months, t...Antipsychotic drugs increase risk of death in older people with dementia
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...in in their blood, revealing a likely link between physical activity and better outcomes, researchers from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston reported at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology in Chicago. Although it was previously demonstrated that women who lost weight and bec...Herb shows potential to reduce cancer-related fatigue
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