The University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville received a $3.4 million research project grant from the National Institutes of Health. The five-year grant will support research focused on the use of physical activity to treat disease and promote health. A program called Exercise is Medicine Greenville was launched in 2016 to identify and enroll […]
USC School of Medicine Greenville’s Lifestyle Medicine team has co-authored two new research publications. The publications highlight Exercise is Medicine Greenville (EIMG), which launched in 2016 and involves physical activity assessment, prescription, and referral of patients with chronic diseases to a tailored, community-based physical activity program. While many patients and medical providers understand the importance […]
Structured physical activity (PA) programs help to prevent and manage chronic diseases, yet systematic approaches to identify and enroll patients in these programs are lacking. Exercise is Medicine Greenville (EIMG) is a novel clinic-to-community model that identifies patients with chronic diseases in primary care settings and connects them to a structured, evidence-informed, community-based PA program. […]
The healthcare sector has great potential for promoting physical activity (PA) for chronic disease prevention, treatment and management; however, multiple adoption and implementation barriers exist, ranging from practice integration to information flow. In 2016, Exercise is Medicine Greenville (EIMG), a comprehensive clinic-to-community approach that involves PA assessment, recommendation and/or prescription and provider-based referral of patients […]
The following is an excerpt from The Wall Street Journal article by Laura Landro, and can be viewed in its entirety by clicking here. An ounce of prevention may be worth a pound of cure, but medical schools have traditionally given little weight to instruction on how to help patients live healthier lives. The future […]
Due to the worldwide burden of noncommunicable disease, the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) launched a global health awareness initiative in 2007 called Exercise is Medicine® (EIM®) to create awareness in healthcare providers in promoting physical activity to their patients. To transition awareness into action, Exercise is Medicine Greenville® (EIMG®) launched in 2016 through […]
Moving through Cancer (MTC), an initiative of Exercise is Medicine® and the American College of Sports Medicine, has created a beautiful, comprehensive patient booklet on physical activity during and after cancer treatment. The information is based on the latest evidence-based guidelines and was developed by the Moving through Cancer Task Force. Physical activity during and […]
Starting March 2020, near the beginning of the pandemic, exercise scientists and clinicians published blogs about the mechanisms by which physical activity could likely reduce harm from COVID-19. There was strong evidence that physical activity improves immune function, reduces inflammation, prevents and treats most common chronic diseases, decreases the psychological and physiological burden of stress, and improves […]