Exaggerated Claims about Newly Discovered "Exercise in a Pill"

My prescription for the media: Stop with the ridiculous headlines.

Researchers claim to have discovered “exercise in a pill” every few years, like clockwork.

They then proceed to oversell its benefits and potential applications to human health and disease. 

Inevitably the media becomes fascinated with this new molecule or pill and runs wild with headlines about how we have found a way to mimic exercise without all of the…