Background: Exercise is an important component of pulmonary rehabilitation for patients with chronic lung disease. Objective: To explore the role of physical activity in maintaining cardiac and ...

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Patients with abnormal diastolic function (when the heart is relaxed and expanded) in the left ventricle of the heart have a substantially lower maximum capacity for exercise, according to a new study ...

Obesity exacerbates the age-related decline in physical function and causes frailty in older adults; however, the appropriate treatment for obese older adults is controversial. A total of 93 ...

Researchers have investigated the impact of 10-min very light exercise on pupil size and prefrontal function. Their findings provide the first evidence that changes in pupil size during exercise can ...

Middle-age and older men with large waist circumferences and low/normal testosterone levels don’t gain better vascular health when using cream to replace the hormone, but they do stand to benefit from ...

Recent studies have found how different types of exercise -- everything from yoga to high intensity interval training-- can help boost consumers’ brain function. Now, researchers from the American ...