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In 2004, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) published guidelines which advised that people who are affected by depression should engage in up to three exercise sessions a week in order to help relieve some of the symptoms. Since then, this advice has regularly returned to the headlines in various stories (see these examples from 2010 and from only a couple of months ago, for example). Now, however, the results of a new NHS-funded study have suggested otherwise, coming to the conclusion that combining exercise with conventional treatments for depression does not improve recovery.

The news has prompted much debate, with people who have used physical activity to help relieve their depression coming forward to and others offering .

The official website has also issued a , which clarifies the limitations of the study and emphasises the continued benefits of exercise.

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Brain training 'helps treat depression' (91Èȱ¬ News, Friday 8 June)

'Ground-breaking' changes for London cancer patients (91Èȱ¬ News, Thursday 7 June)

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(The Telegraph, Wednesday 6 June)

ParalympicsGB: Who will compete for Great Britain in London (91Èȱ¬ Disability Sport, Tuesday 5 June)

(Daily Mail, Tuesday 5 June)

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Premature birth linked to worse mental health (91Èȱ¬ News, Friday 1 June)

Fergus Walsh: 'Hope' for the paralysed? (91Èȱ¬ News, Friday 1 June)

(The Telegraph, Friday 1 June)

Remploy staff stage Cardiff protest over Wales closures (91Èȱ¬ News, Friday 1 June)