Episode 62: Exercise is NOT Medicine

An episode of the The Aging Well Podcast podcast, hosted by Jeff Armstrong, titled "Episode 62: Exercise is NOT Medicine" was published on December 18, 2022 and runs 61 minutes.

December 18, 2022 ·61m · The Aging Well Podcast

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The American College of Sports Medicine promotes that "Exercise is Medicine." The state of Oregon recently became the first state to amend its constitution to declare that health care is a fundamental right (Oregon Measure 111). In this episode, Dr. Armstrong and Corbin Bruton suggest that exercise is not medicine as medicine (that is our current health care system) favor the treatment on symptoms and seeks to cure disease, whereas exercise seeks to prevent disease and to improve the prognosi...

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The American College of Sports Medicine promotes that "Exercise is Medicine." The state of Oregon recently became the first state to amend its constitution to declare that health care is a fundamental right (Oregon Measure 111). In this episode, Dr. Armstrong and Corbin Bruton suggest that exercise is not medicine as medicine (that is our current health care system) favor the treatment on symptoms and seeks to cure disease, whereas exercise seeks to prevent disease and to improve the prognosi...

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