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How Does Exercise Prevent Heart Disease?

All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

This means that he recognized long back, the role of life-style modification in preventing heart disease. Exercise in a regular pattern is one of the important life style modifications which everyone can adopt to prevent or delay cardiovascular disease. Regular exercise can bring down the blood pressure in the long run.

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Higher Risk of Myocardial Infarction, Heart Failure, and Atrial Fibrillation Noted After Spinal Cord Injury

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There are several factors which increase the risk of cardiovascular disease in survivors of spinal cord injury. Thoracic spinal cord injury survivors with disability had significantly increased risk of heart disease compared to matched controls [2]. References Myers J, Lee M, Kiratli J. Am J Phys Med Rehabil. doi: 10.1097/PHM.0b013e31802f0247.