Questão 196c1e5e-dc
Prova:FAME 2014
Disciplina:Inglês
Assunto:Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension
The lead author advises doctors and patients NOT to
The lead author advises doctors and patients NOT to
Exercise as Preventive Medicine
By NICHOLAS BAKALAR
OCTOBER 9, 2013
A structured exercise program may be as good or better
than frequently prescribed drugs for some common
cardiovascular ailments, a large meta-analysis has found.
Researchers evaluated 57 randomized trials testing the
effect on mortality of exercise and drugs in four
prevention regimens: the secondary prevention of
coronary heart disease, rehabilitation from stroke,
treatment of heart failure, and prevention of Type 2
diabetes. The review, published online in BMJ, involved
more than 14,000 patients.
The studies used a variety of drugs — for example,
statins for the prevention of coronary heart disease, blood
thinners for stroke, diuretics for heart failure, and
biguanides like Glucophage and Metaglip for impending
diabetes.
They found no difference in mortality between exercise and drug interventions in the
secondary prevention of coronary heart disease or Type 2 diabetes. For stroke prevention,
exercise programs were more effective than anticoagulants or antiplatelet medicines. And
for treating heart failure, diuretic drugs were more effective than exercise.
The lead author, Huseyin Naci, a fellow at Harvard Medical School, said that in most of the
trials, patients were doing structured exercise programs in combination with drugs. “These
findings do not imply that patients should go off their medications and start exercising
instead,” he said. “We weren’t able to find many exercise trials, which adds to the limitations
of the findings. But what we don’t know about exercise may be harming us.”
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/09/exercise-as-preventive-medicine/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0
Accessed on April 11, 2014
Exercise as Preventive Medicine
By NICHOLAS BAKALAR
OCTOBER 9, 2013
A structured exercise program may be as good or better
than frequently prescribed drugs for some common
cardiovascular ailments, a large meta-analysis has found.
Researchers evaluated 57 randomized trials testing the
effect on mortality of exercise and drugs in four
prevention regimens: the secondary prevention of
coronary heart disease, rehabilitation from stroke,
treatment of heart failure, and prevention of Type 2
diabetes. The review, published online in BMJ, involved
more than 14,000 patients.
The studies used a variety of drugs — for example,
statins for the prevention of coronary heart disease, blood
thinners for stroke, diuretics for heart failure, and
biguanides like Glucophage and Metaglip for impending
diabetes.
They found no difference in mortality between exercise and drug interventions in the
secondary prevention of coronary heart disease or Type 2 diabetes. For stroke prevention,
exercise programs were more effective than anticoagulants or antiplatelet medicines. And
for treating heart failure, diuretic drugs were more effective than exercise.
The lead author, Huseyin Naci, a fellow at Harvard Medical School, said that in most of the
trials, patients were doing structured exercise programs in combination with drugs. “These
findings do not imply that patients should go off their medications and start exercising
instead,” he said. “We weren’t able to find many exercise trials, which adds to the limitations
of the findings. But what we don’t know about exercise may be harming us.”
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/09/exercise-as-preventive-medicine/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0
Accessed on April 11, 2014
A
believe when doctors say exercises are helpful.
B
combine the use of medicine with structured exercises.
C
stop taking medicine in favour of exercises.
D
use diuretic drugs to treat heart failure.
