Higher mobility while hospitalized linked to reduced stays: A few steps could lead to big gains for hospitalized seniors

Friday, December 10, 2010 - 16:31 in Health & Medicine

A new study has shown that hospitalized elderly patients who take even short walks around a hospital unit tend to leave the hospital sooner than their more sedentary peers.

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