PBS News Hour: How exercise may be the ‘most potent medical intervention ever known'

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:motrpac_m: How exercise may be the ‘most potent medical intervention ever known’
:star2: Euan Ashley
:calendar: January 1, 2025

Check out this segment of the PBS News Hour in which William Brangham discussed with Dr. Euan Ashley about the remarkable benefits of exercise on our health and how the MoTrPAC consortium is helping to reveal fresh insights into just how profound exercise can be for the human body.

:key: Key discussions include:

  • The significance of MoTrPAC in understanding exercise as a profound medical intervention

  • Discussions on the rats study and the exercise effects on transforming their organs in a positive direction and reversing disease-like changes

  • Findings that exercise prepares the body to handle everyday stress, reduces the risk of numerous diseases, improves mood, sleep, and breathing

  • Exploration in how male and female rats responded to exercise differently in the MoTrPAC study

  • How we can reap the benefits of exercise by integrating it into our daily routine