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November 2022

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Walking and exercise aren’t just the medicine that helped David Slack recover from a heart attack: they help him be more productive too. By David Slack   My life’s fitness programme began on my 27th birthday with a heart attack.   I came out of coronary care entirely gun-shy and tentative about any kind of […]

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