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Indoor cycling is an effective and low-cost way of treating hip osteoarthritis which could save the NHS millions, according to the CLEAT study by Bournemouth ... More

The failure to tackle the UK's obesity crisis is down to successive governments being guilty of weak policy design, lack of effectiveness and botched implementation. ... More

NHS patients who have been diagnosed with cancer will be offered exercise and gym sessions before they start chemotherapy. The "prehabilitation" programmes will be implemented ... More

The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) is investing £2.5m in a study to find out whether long-term exercise can help tackle the side effects ... More

Offering free access to gyms and leisure centres – and promoting them heavily – could have dramatic results on the health of communities. That is ... More

Image: The doping facility was purposed built for the Games The London 2012 anti-doping facilities will be developed after the Olympic and Paralympic Games into ... More