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Movement is medicine: From prevention to management in health and disease, physical activity plays a significant role. Tune in for engaging stories on physical activity and exercise, including interviews with experts and perspectives from the public.
COVID-19 Series: Exercise Immunology – building muscle and immune cells!
Medicine in Motion
39 minutes 17 seconds
4 years ago
COVID-19 Series: Exercise Immunology – building muscle and immune cells!
In this episode, we chat with Dr. Emily LaVoy about how exercise can bolster our immune systems to protect us from infections, including COVID-19. As an expert in this field formally known as exercise immunology, Dr. LaVoy shares where the field stands on how physical activity can prime our body’s defences against infections, when exercise might be detrimental, and how different climates may affect this response while tying this into the immune response from a vaccine. We also learn about the future of exercise immunology and the multi-faceted research approach—such as the intricate links to psychology—to get us there.
Episode Hosts: Swapna Mylabathula & Mackenzie McLaughlin
Medicine in Motion
Movement is medicine: From prevention to management in health and disease, physical activity plays a significant role. Tune in for engaging stories on physical activity and exercise, including interviews with experts and perspectives from the public.
