News tagged with exercise test
A simple way for older adults to assess arterial stiffness: reach for the toes
How far you can reach beyond your toes from a sitting position - normally used to define the flexibility of a person's body - may be an indicator of how stiff your arteries are.
Oct 06, 2009 |
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Exercise-linked ventricular tachycardia is not a risk to healthy older adults
Healthy, older adults free of heart disease need not fear that bouts of rapid, irregular heartbeats brought on by vigorous exercise might increase short- or long-term risk of dying or having a heart attack, according to a ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Nov 17, 2009 |
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New formula gives first accurate peak heart rate for women
Women who measure their peak heart rates for exercise will need to do some new math as will physicians giving stress tests to patients.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jun 28, 2010 |
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Walking back to happiness
(PhysOrg.com) -- A unique exercise programme which has been proven to help women living with depression has been unveiled by researchers from The University of Nottingham.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 07, 2009 |
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