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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Alan Zarembo / The Bulletin
August 1, 2008
Scientists have discovered what could be the ultimate workout for couch potatoes: exercise in a pill.
In experiments on mice that did no exercise, the chemical compound, known as AICAR, allowed them to run 44 percent farther on a treadmill than those that did not receive the drug.
The drug,....