Older Women with Heart Disease Gain from Exercise
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Aerobic and strength training improve overall fitness and quality of life for older women with coronary artery disease, the results of a small Canadian study suggest.
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NEW YORK  - Over the last decade, the use  of angioplasty and coronary artery bypass grafting to treat  elderly heart patients has increased, and outcomes of these  procedures have improved.
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OLDER people can significantly reduce their chances of suffering a mixture of deadly risk factors that lead to heart disease and stroke by taking just a moderate amount of exercise, researchers said today.
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but the risks may outweigh the benefits for older women, research has found. According to one of the largest studies
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When it comes to heart disease, being fit may be more important than being thin, according to a study of more than 900 women published on Tuesday.
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Getting plenty of recreational  activity may reduce women's risk of developing breast cancer  after menopause, and exercise appears to have the most powerful  preventive effect on the most aggressive type of tumor.
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In elderly patients with hip fracture, six months of outpatient rehabilitation and progressive resistance training is better than home exercise in improving physical performance and mobility and reducing disability, according to researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
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Obese women can ward off heart disease if they exercise. But they place themselves at a higher risk of diabetes if they don&#39;t lose weight.
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NEW YORK  - Many women, and seniors, do not  enter a rehab program after having a heart attack. Yet,  participation in cardiac rehabilitation markedly lowers the  risk of dying or having a second heart attack during the next  three years, results of a recent study show
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Pumping a little iron can help elderly nursing home residents and heart failure patients gain strength for everyday life, the American Heart Association says, expanding on earlier advice.
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TUESDAY, Sept. 14 (HealthDayNews) -- A daily walk around the block, a few laps in the pool, a vigorous game of soccer: studies suggest exercise is extending the lives of women who've survived breast cancer, even as it lifts their spirits.
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Experts suggest some people see less benefit from exercise than others.
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More evidence that hormone replacement therapy could be harming the hearts of older women is published.
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NEW YORK  - A regular brisk walk may help women going through menopause improve their mental well-being, a new study suggests.
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A new study shows that for younger post-menopausal women, estrogen may actually reduce the risk of heart disease
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(HealthDay News) -- Exercise benefits people of all ages, especially seniors.
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Diabetes triples the likelihood that postmenopausal women with coronary heart disease will develop heart failure, according to a study published Monday.