Personalized ‘prehabilitation’ helps the body brace for major surgery

Tailored exercise, nutrition and cognitive training appear to tune immune activity

A patient smiles while resting in a hospital bed.

Preparing the body for surgery can improve outcomes after the operation. New research suggests that individualized “prehabilitation” could work even better.

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