Exercise seen to strengthen older hearts
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The hearts of active athletes near age 70 are nearly indistinguishable from those of athletes 30 years younger, a University of Texas study indicates.
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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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A new study suggests that longer and more intense physical activity helps men keep their cognitive functioning into old age. We already know that exercise has many benefits for health.
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NEW YORK  - Regular exercise may work as well as medication in improving symptoms of major depression, researchers have found.
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WEDNESDAY, Jan. 23 (HealthDay News) --  Even a moderate amount of exercise can dramatically prolong a man's life, new research on middle-aged and elderly American veterans reveals.
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NEW YORK  - Children whose parents enjoyed a long life, living well into their 80s, seem to have healthier hearts in middle age compared with children whose parents did not live this long. Moreover, the heart advantage persists over time, which should help them follow in their parents' footsteps.
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New research shows that exercise can help reverse the aging process at the cellular level. Strength training for the senior set.
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With a special training  program, elderly people can learn better balance control, which  may lessen their risk of falling, according to a new report.
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NEW YORK  - 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 ...
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Have heart problems? Hit the gym and start lifting some weights.
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People in their 50s and 60s who get regular exercise are about 35 percent less likely to die within eight years than inactive people in the same age group, says a University of Michigan Health System study.
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The health benefits of regular walking might include helping prevent mental decline and Alzheimerâs disease, research in patients age 70 and older has found, bolstering evidence that exercise neednât be strenuous to be good for you.
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Runners older than 50 improve their performance more quickly than younger runners, a Yale study found, reinforcing past research on older athletes and the benefits they get from exercise.
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NEW YORK  - The American Heart Association  (AHA) recommends in a statement issued Monday that doctors  strongly encourage their cardiac patients to participate in  rehabilitation programs aimed at preventing a recurrence of  heart problems.
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Surprising new research suggests that even people who develop heart disease or diabetes late in life have a decent shot at reaching the century mark
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People aged 75 and older can  withstand the rigors of surgery to treat chest pain, and feel  better sooner than if they are treated with gentler drug  regimens, Swiss researchers reported on Monday.
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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.