Show 1441: How Exercise Can Help Cancer Patients Survive & Thrive

The People's Pharmacy

Joe and Terry Graedon

Health & Fitness, Medicine, Kids & Family, Alternative Health

4.5 • 934 Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Physical activity, aka “exercise,” is a cornerstone of good health, just like adequate sleep and a balanced diet. No one questions the benefits for people who are already healthy. But doctors may assume that cancer patients are too debilitated and demoralized to exercise. They may think physical activity wouldn’t be much help to patients who […]

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0:00.0	I'm Joe Graydon.
0:01.5	And I'm Terry Graydon.
0:03.0	Welcome to this podcast of the People's Pharmacy.
0:06.1	You can find previous podcasts and more information on a range of health topics at
0:11.5	People's Pharmacy.com.
0:14.7	Everyone knows exercise is good for our health.
0:18.4	New research suggests it's critical, especially for cancer patients.
0:23.1	This is the People's Pharmacy with Terry and Joe Graydon.
0:34.3	Colorectal cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer-related death in the U.S.
0:39.4	How can exercise improve survival?
0:42.9	Exercise is inducing physiologic, hormonal, inflammatory, immunologic changes in the body
0:48.4	that are helping the body eradicate a proportion of these cancer cells.
0:52.2	Dr. Christopher Booth has conducted groundbreaking research
0:55.6	on incorporating a personalized physical activity program into the treatment of colorectal cancer.
1:02.9	Coming up on the people's pharmacy, how exercise can help cancer patients survive and thrive.
1:14.0	Doctors are expected to uphold the highest standards of ethical conduct.
1:18.9	In the Hippocratic Oath, doctors promised to put the benefit of patients first
1:23.6	and abstain from whatever is deleterious and mischievous.
1:28.2	A new study published in JAMA Network Open suggests that doctors who receive payments
1:33.9	from industry are more likely to be the target of patient complaints.
1:38.6	The researchers analyzed reports in the Patient Advocacy Reporting System Index and compared them to the physician's records of accepting non-researched payments, especially those above $5,000 a year.
1:52.8	There were nearly 72,000 physicians included in this analysis. More than two-thirds had received at least one payment, and 11% had accepted more than $5,000 in a year.
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