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COMBINING OVERVIEW
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Scenario 2:
One of your patients was recently diagnosed with clinical depression. The patient is receiving medication and counseling, but you're looking for other ways to boost his mood and general health, and wonder if the benefits of regular exercise extend to helping ease the symptoms of depression. You decided to do a search to find out what's been written in the medical literature.

How would you combine these concepts together using the Boolean AND and OR?

(Click on the green question mark above the set(s) you would choose.)

Option A:
Option B:
Set #1: depression
Set #2: exercise
1 OR 2
Set #1: depression
Set #2: exercise
1 AND 2