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Physiology Friday #261: Combining High-intensity Training with Frequent Activity Breaks Maximizes Cardiovascular Benefits

Physiologically Speaking

Equally alarming is that sedentary behavior rates are rising, and it’s a public health hazard. But this approach only applies to non-exercisers, right? Is the driving force behind exercise’s beneficial cardiovascular health benefits exercise itself, or would just moving more and sitting less achieve similar results?

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Adherence to phase I cardiac rehabilitation in post-PCI patients: a latent class analysis

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

BackgroundCoronary heart disease seriously jeopardizes human health and has become a principal public health problem of global concern. While percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) repairs narrowed arteries and extends patients' lives, cardiac rehabilitation offers additional benefits post-PCI.

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Role of physical activity in cardiovascular disease prevention: impact of epigenetic modifications

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the leading cause of death worldwide, imposing a major burden on morbidity, quality of life, and societal costs, making prevention of CVD a top public health priority. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying the cardioprotective effects of exercise are still not fully understood.

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New Guidelines on Peripheral Artery Disease Issued by American Heart Association, American College of Cardiology and Leading Medical Societies

DAIC

This plaque narrows the blood vessels and reduces blood flow to the legs and feet, which may significantly impair physical function, walking performance and quality of life. Multiple studies have shown that these programs improve functional status, walking performance and quality of life compared to usual care.

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Top Cardiology Conferences in 2025

Cardiology Update

This event encompasses various facets, including public health, primary care, secondary prevention, rehabilitation, sports cardiology, and exercise. This includes the establishment of networks dedicated to its management, education, and research, as well as Late-Breaking Science.

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Top Cardiology Conferences in 2024

Cardiology Update

This event encompasses various facets, including public health, primary care, secondary prevention, rehabilitation, sports cardiology, and exercise. This includes the establishment of networks dedicated to its management, education, and research, as well as Late-Breaking Science.

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What is corruption – and why does it matter so much?

Dr. Malcolm Kendrick

Where hosting the football World Cup became an exercise in bribery from which no-one, and nothing, was immune. Indeed, the association between corruption, and quality of life, moves virtually in lock-stop. “Richard Doll’s lifelong service to public health has saved millions of lives.