Millions of us are popping prescription pills for innocuous ills, when simple lifestyle changes of diet and exercise--harped on by physicians for decades--are more effective and a lot cheaper.

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Ms Cazau said the comedian had cut down his prescription of the steroid prednisone "by half" and had embarked on "very rigorous exercise routine and a carefully planned diet" to take his weight down from 242 pounds (110kg) .

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