MedPage today about PULSE study: “Heart Attack Survivors Don’t Keep Up with Exercise Fewer than one in six reach guideline targets for physical activity”

http://www.medpagetoday.com/Cardiology/AcuteCoronarySyndrome/63451?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2017-03-01&eun=g848991d0r&pos=3 "They concluded that there is an "urgent need to implement interventions that increase physical activity after ACS." Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation is one approach to counteracting traditional fears of exercise after heart attack, they suggested, though such programs don't get…
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new strong evidence to reduce all cause mortality by >=30%: “some moderate to vigorous physical activity is substantially better than none”

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/875779?nlid=112894_3923&src=WNL_mdplsnews_170217_mscpedit_card&uac=17651BN&spon=2&impID=1292814&faf=1 Commentary by JoAnn E. Manson, Professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital: The Amount of Exercise Needed to Reduce All-Cause Mortality Conclusion: "It is a very good clinical public health message that some moderate to…
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