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Positive steps to work out your worries

Got the Monday misery? The link between a healthy mind and body is not a new one but more evidence than ever shows that getting active will lift your spirits, finds Eleanor Cowie.

THE link between a healthy mind and body is not a new one. More than 400 years BC, Hippocrates, the Greek philosopher and founding father of medicine, recommended exercise as a treatment for mental illness.