New cancer guidelines: Exercise during and after treatment is now encouraged

Tuesday, June 1, 2010 - 13:10 in Health & Medicine

Cancer patients who've been told to rest and avoid exercise can -- and should -- find ways to be physically active both during and after treatment, according to new national guidelines. The guidelines are aimed at making cancer exercise rehabilitation programs as common as those offered to people who have had heart attacks or undergone cardiac surgery.

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