COVID can cause heart inflammation, abnormal heart rhythms, blood clots in the legs and lungs, stroke, and heart failure.
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But more intense exercises – such as weightlifting – are still important for health and fitness.
Cutting out dairy, eggs and meat is thought to prevent and reverse heart disease. But as our latest study shows, the evidence doesn’t back this claim up.
Our study is the first to directly show that swimming, aqua-aerobics and other water workouts offer as many benefits to cardiovascular health as exercising in a gym.
For patients recovering from heart surgery, being overweight or moderately obese appears to be an advantage over being underweight or even having a normal BMI.
Jumping rope is short on time, fun, and good for your heart health.
Shovelling snow is excellent exercise that works the upper and lower body. However, it’s important to remember that digging out from a storm pushes many people to their maximal fitness capacity.
We found that 13- and 14-year-old teens from deprived areas already showed signs of developing heart disease – but also made some surprising discoveries about what factors can lead to a healthy heart.
Moving daily is essential to keeping ourselves healthy.
How to interpret the readings to tell if you have high blood pressure.
Average temperatures in Australia are already high by international standards, but what happens when they continue to rise? How much heat can our bodies withstand?
It’s time characters on TV reflected not only women’s experience of heart disease but those of men from diverse backgrounds if we want to prevent more people dying from heart disease.
Evidence now shows that for the majority of healthy people, the risks of bleeding with a daily Aspirin outweigh any heart benefits. How long will it take for your doctor to tell you?
Dr. Seuss’ most famous character has a lot to teach us about heart.
Five experts were divided on whether or not we should choose the “light"dairy option.
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Member, IMPART (Inflammation & Metabolism, Physical Ability, & Research Translation) Network, Dalhousie University
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Associate Professor, Registered Dietitian, Department of Applied Human Nutrition, Faculty of Professional Studies, Mount Saint Vincent University
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Professor and Director of the Clinical Anatomy Learning Centre, Lancaster University
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Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health, Australian National University
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Honorary Associate Professor, Australian National University
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Chancellor's Professor of Medicine, Liberal Arts, and Philanthropy, Indiana University
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Nutrition Epidemiologist, CSIRO
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Senior Lecturer - Exercise Physiology, University of South Australia
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Charles Perkins Centre Research Program Leader, University of Sydney
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Reader in Exercise and Health Physiology, University of Hertfordshire
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Team Head, Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
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Professor of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University
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Research Officer at Medical School, Swansea University
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Professor in Public Health Data Science, Swansea University
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Program Director of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Accredited Practising Dietitian, University of South Australia
