Moving nation from sick care toward wellness care

Feb 23, 2009 By LAURAN NEERGAARD , AP Medical Writer
This handout photo provided by Debbe Geiger/Duke University Medical Center, taken in Nov. 2008, shows Roberta Cutbill, 68, exercising at the hospital in Durham, N.C. Popping a pill can cut your cholesterol. But did the doctor also prescribe cutting the stress that's eroding your immune system? Or teach you how to exercise without worsening a painful joint disease? (AP Photo/Duke University Medical Center, Debbe Geiger)

(AP) -- Popping a pill can cut your cholesterol. But did the doctor also prescribe cutting the stress that's eroding your immune system? Or teach you how to exercise without worsening painful joints?



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