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Walking often and far reduces risks in heart patients
May 11, 2009 |
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An exercise program that burns a lot of calories reduced cardiac risk factors better than standard cardiac rehabilitation in overweight coronary patients, researchers report in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart As ...
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Helium helps lung patients breathe easier
Mar 09, 2009 |
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New research published in the international journal Chest, by Neil Eves, PhD, finds that people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who breathed a mix of 60% helium and 40% oxygen during a rehabilitation progra ...
Heart transplant recipients can improve fitness and perform high intensity workouts
Jul 06, 2009 |
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Heart transplant recipients' cardio-respiratory fitness is around 30 to 50 per cent lower than age-matched healthy sedentary individuals. As a result, exercise rehabilitation should be very important to these patients, and ...
Computer game helps COPD patients breathe better
Apr 15, 2008 |
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Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) may gain better control over their breathing and breathe more efficiently by using their breath to play a computer game, according to new research.
Brief, intense exercise benefits the heart
Jun 04, 2008 |
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Short bursts of high intensity sprints -- known to benefit muscle and improve exercise performance—can improve the function and structure of blood vessels, in particular arteries that deliver blood to our muscles and heart, ...
Mini ECG gets heart attack rehab patients mobile
Jul 17, 2008 |
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Dr Charles Worringham of Queensland University of Technology's Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation said the unique 'Cardiomobile' monitoring system, developed by Gold Coast company Alive Technologies, was being ...
No substitute for hard work: Creatine supplementation does not improve exercise outcomes in COPD
Aug 01, 2008 |
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Creatine, a popular nutritional supplement renowned for enhancing athletic performance and muscle strength, does not improve exercise outcomes in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to a ...
High intensity training helps heart patients
Jun 24, 2008 |
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Cardiac patients from the community are benefiting from new exercise rehabilitation research at the University’s Exercise and Sport Science Division.
Patient hopelessness linked to poor cardiac rehab, researchers find
Oct 22, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Feelings of hopelessness lead to decreased participation in rehabilitation for patients recovering from cardiac events such as a heart attack, according to a team of researchers led by a Michigan State University ...
Robotics lab helps stroke patients with recovery
Dec 04, 2007 |
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Robotics engineers at Rice University are teaming with doctors from Memorial Hermann|TIRR to develop a PC-based system for physical rehabilitation.
Motivational 'women-only' cardiac rehab improves symptoms of depression
Nov 17, 2009 |
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Depressive symptoms improved among women with coronary heart disease who participated in a motivationally-enhanced cardiac rehabilitation program exclusively for women, according to research presented at the American Heart ...
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