Researchers have found that patients who have completed cardiac rehabilitation and who receive telephone counseling that supports exercise are more likely to adhere to an exercise program. Researchers ...

Athletes have been enjoying the benefits of creatine supplements to gain stronger muscles since the 1990s, and the supplement has also proven beneficial among other groups. Could it help cardiac ...

Following treatment for cardiovascular disease, the road to recovery starts with a cardiac rehabilitation program like the one offered at the Cayuga Center for Healthy Living. Patients with qualifying ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Stroke survivors who participated in exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation experienced improvements in CV ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . An exercise protocol that combined high-intensity interval training and intensive lower-extremity resistance ...

When Linda Wellings first visited the University of Vermont Medical Center cardiac rehabilitation clinic in mid-2015, she was scared. Wellings, then 67, had just had a heart attack. “It’s a slap in ...

Decades ago, it was assumed that age and poor heredity were the causes of heart disease. In other words, lifestyle was not on the radar screen. However, after World War II, the incidence of heart ...

A panel of experts has published guidance on safe rehabilitation exercises for cardiac patients with diabetes. The recommendations, approved by international diabetes organizations, focus on the ...

The sound of an exercise bike whirs nearby. Next to it, an elderly woman pulls at the handle of a rowing machine. A gray-haired man pumps iron hand weights as he laughs with a woman who climbs onto an ...

Tai Chi, a traditional Chinese practice involving slow and gentle movements, may help heart disease patients who decline traditional cardiac rehabilitation, according to preliminary research published ...

Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation lessens the severity, frequency, and recurrence of the most common form of irregular heart rhythm, atrial fibrillation, or AF for short, finds a pooled data ...

The first week after her heart transplant, Eileen Ryan was a wreck. Overcome by weakness, she couldn’t stand or walk. Going home from the hospital, she had to rely on a wheelchair. That was in ...