Researchers have debunked a nearly four-decade-old myth that strenuous exercise suppresses the immune system. A study conducted by the Department for Health at the University of Bath reinterprets scientific findings from the last few decades and emphasises that exercise - instead of dampening immunity - may instead be beneficial for immune health. In a detailed analysis of research articles that have been published since the 1980s this new review of the literature has reinterpreted findings based on fundamental principles of immunology and exercise physiology to clarify misconceptions and misinterpretations that have formed over the years. In their study the authors