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Article: Medical Fitness Centers Grow in Popularity
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- July 25, 2004
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JOSEFINA LOZA, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
07-25-2004
After Howard Graff had bypass surgery 11 years ago, he needed a place where he could exercise without having a heart attack.
He wanted to work out under the watchful eye of a doctor or nurse. So the 62-year-old man from Skokie, Ill., joined a Chicago medical fitness center with health professionals _ not just aerobics instructors _ on staff.
"When someone comes out of surgery, you feel very alone. You were on the brink of going to the other side," Graff said. "I went through an enormous amount of mental stress and the center provided me with moral support."
He pays $60 a month for his membership at Galter LifeCenter, which offers ...