MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'aha'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:03:17 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5008201&cid=t_133718_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Famerican-heart-associations-registration-page-demonstrates-gender-and-sexual-orientation-bias%2F2011.07.06 This afternoon I sat in my chair, revitalized form my weekend trip to the Jersey Shore, where I can assure you I did not partake in any fist pumping, spray tanning, pickle eating, or felonious activities, when I received an email from the American Heart Association announcing new scientific findings. I like these emails and generally find them informative. This particular email announced the placement of the first completely lab-grown human vascular grafts. The email linked to a presentation from Todd N. McAllister of Cytograft Tissue Engineering Inc. These blood vessels were apparently engineered from donor skin cells and: (more…) *This blog post was originally published at On Becoming a Domestic and Laboratory Goddess* (Source: Better Health) Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5008201 Wed, 06 Jul 2011 21:00:52 +0100 5008201 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4459959&cid=t_133718_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fthe-forecast-for-heart-disease-gloomy-with-a-strong-chance-of-boomers%2F2011.02.10 As a youngster, I loved being part of the baby boom — it meant there were dozens of kids on my block who were ready to play hide-and-seek or join mysterious clubs. Now that I’m of an AARP age, there’s one club I don’t want to join: The one whose members have bypass scars, pacemakers, or other trappings of cardiovascular disease. The American Heart Association’s (AHA) gloomy new forecast on cardiovascular disease tells me it won’t be easy to avoid. The AHA foresees sizeable increases in all forms of cardiovascular disease (see table) between now and 2030, the year all of the boomers are age 65 and older. Those increases will translate into an additional 27 million people with high blood pressure, eight million with coronary heart disease, four million with stroke, and thr... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4459959 Thu, 10 Feb 2011 18:00:43 +0100 4459959 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4441972&cid=t_133718_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fis-february-heart-marketing-month%2F2011.02.06 Heart disease and February: What relationship could be more cozy? From the scary risks of shoveling snow (yep, you could die, so be sure to lift a little at a time), Mercedes-sponsored red dress parades and government-sponsored National Wear Red Day®, to tips for identifying heart attacks in women (men, you need a different month I guess), February has all the important stories to improve your awareness. Such a polite term “awareness.” But I wonder, now that the Internet is upon us and people are seeing their insurance rates and co-pays skyrocket, if maybe we’re shooting ourselves in the foot with all this heart-month marketing hype. People are sick and tired of testing “just to be sure.” It’s starting to directly cost them a fortune, and people are fr... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4441972 Sun, 06 Feb 2011 22:00:00 +0100 4441972 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4429017&cid=t_133718_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fwere-overdosing-on-sodium-whose-responsibility-is-it%2F2011.02.02 I confess to loving Campbell’s tomato bisque soup. I mix it with 1 percent-fat milk and it’s hot and delicious and comforting, but one of the worst food choices I could make because one cup contains more sodium than I should have in a day. Knowing this, I have already relegated it to an occasional treat. But by the end of this blog post I will do more. We are overdosing on sodium and it is killing us. We need to cut the sodium we eat daily by more than half. The guidelines keep coming. The U.S. government has handed out dietary guidelines telling Americans who are over 50, all African Americans, people with high blood pressure, diabetes, or chronic kidney disease to have no more than 1,500 milligrams (mg) — or two thirds of a teaspoon — of sodium daily. That’s the majorit... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4429017 Wed, 02 Feb 2011 23:00:00 +0100 4429017 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4253137&cid=t_133718_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fdecline-in-stroke-deaths-reinforces-brain-attack-prevention%2F2010.12.13 Stroke killed 2,000 fewer Americans in 2008 (the last year with complete numbers) than it did in 2007, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said yesterday in its latest annual Deaths report. That dropped stroke from the third leading cause of death in the United States to the fourth. Good news? Yes and no. It’s always good news when fewer people die. The reduction suggests a payoff for efforts to prevent stroke and improve the way doctors treat it. Yet the drop from third to fourth place is due largely to an accounting change. The CDC reorganized another category, “chronic lower respiratory diseases” (mainly chronic bronchitis and emphysema), to include complications of these diseases such as pneumonia. The change substantially increased the number of deaths in this c... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4253137 Mon, 13 Dec 2010 13:00:25 +0100 4253137 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4214106&cid=t_133718_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fhealthcare-transparency-patient-experts-at-medical-conventions%2F2010.11.30 We are invading their home turf. Increasingly, in among the thousands of doctors, scientists, and medical industry marketers at the largest medical conventions you are finding real patients who have the conditions discussed in the scientific sessions and exhibit halls. Patients like me want to be where the news breaks. We want to ask questions and — thanks to the Internet — we have a direct line to thousands of other patients waiting to know what new developments mean for them. I vividly remember attending an FDA drug hearing a few years ago and how there were stock analysts sitting in the audience, BlackBerries poised for the “thumbs up” or “thumbs down” on whether a proposed new drug would be recommended for approval. (At that session it was thumbs dow... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4214106 Tue, 30 Nov 2010 22:00:47 +0100 4214106 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4186905&cid=t_133718_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcovertrationingblog.com%2Fpodpress_trac%2Ffeed%2F1076%2F0%2Fobesity-mortgage-crisis.mp3 Q. What’s the difference between a public health expert and an incompetent doctor? A. An incompetent doctor tends to kill only one person at a time. The deep recession and jobless “recovery” which we have enjoyed in the U.S. for going on three years now was triggered by the bursting of the housing bubble. The housing bubble was created by lending practices that awarded “subprime” mortgages to people with bad credit ratings, and offered to people with good credit ratings adjustable-rate mortgages (ARMs) that enticed them to purchase more expensive homes than they could afford. Traditionally, banks were always reluctant to award mortgages, of any flavor, to people who obviously could not afford them, since doing so would wreck their businesses. The reason the banks began making bad... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4186905 Sat, 20 Nov 2010 18:00:06 +0100 4186905 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4186907&cid=t_133718_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Flose-weight-and-save-your-heart%2F2010.11.19 On location at the American Heart Association’s “Scientific Sessions“ meeting in Chicago, Andrew Schorr discusses lowering your risk of heart disease and how weight affects your risk: Lower Obesity and Save Your Heart from Patient Power® on Vimeo. *This blog post was originally published at Andrew's Blog* (Source: Better Health) Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4186907 Fri, 19 Nov 2010 23:00:57 +0100 4186907 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4118945&cid=t_133718_88_f&fid=38129&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Flifeinthefastlane%2FWZHV%2F%7E3%2FQ348vtd_43s%2F Resuscitation Guidelines for 2010 are out for the UK, Europe and the United States. We're still waiting for ours in Australia... Here is where to find the new guidelines and a few of the 'moves and shakes' are highlighted. (Source: Life in the Fast Lane) Life in the Fast Lane blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4118945 Wed, 27 Oct 2010 00:00:56 +0100 4118945 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4082119&cid=t_133718_105_f&fid=36987&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FIvorKovicMd%2F%7E3%2FxavNq7HKOWg%2F Did you know that less than one-third of out-of-hospital sudden cardiac arrest victims receive bystander CPR! There are some countries, especially Scandinavian ones, which can be proud that their numbers are much higher, but the rest of us are performing poorly in helping others survive. This is a shame, because effective bystander CPR, provided immediately after sudden cardiac arrest, can double or even triple a victim’s chance of survival. CPR has been invented 50 years ago, but still as lot of people could not care less. I guess they are thinking sudden cardiac arrest has nothing to do with them, it cannot happen to them. But they are wrong! It can happen to anyone, even young people, and sometimes without any warning signs. In fact almost 80% of cardiac arrests happen at home, so ev... Ivor Kovic, M.D. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4082119 Mon, 18 Oct 2010 22:30:19 +0100 4082119 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3812976&cid=t_133718_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fadvances-in-telemedicine-ease-patient-care%2F2010.08.02 Monitoring vital signs remotely saves time and money for everyone: patients, physicians, facilities and insurers. Heart failure is a particular target because its increasingly common, its easily triggered (by as little as too much salt on food, for example), it costs so much to manage in the hospital, and it’s so easily avoided. Remote monitoring equipment made even easier with wireless connections can take vital signs, and even ask standard questions every morning. The equipment puts patients in contact with nurses once they detect warning signs. That human touch is key. Case managers can screen out false alarms (avoiding alert fatigue) and can direct patients to the physician when needed. ACP Internist covered remote monitoring technology in its March issue. (Wall Street Journal, A... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3812976 Mon, 02 Aug 2010 20:00:00 +0100 3812976 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3695808&cid=t_133718_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FFoSny4-5AJQ%2F The debate over industry funding of continuing medical education took a tense turn earlier this month when the American Heart Association promised to aggressively appeal a rule that would prevent doctors from receiving needed credit for attending medical meetings where industry people talk about their drugs (see background). Specifically, AHA president Clyde Yancy was incensed that the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education told him his organization shouldn’t have industry speakers at any scientific sessions at its upcoming annual meeting. The ACCME policy was set in 2004 and updated last year, but his vow to appeal undescored opposing views over industry influence on post-graduate medical education and whether it has gotten out of hand. The issue, in fact, will be de... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3695808 Thu, 24 Jun 2010 19:11:38 +0100 3695808 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3690955&cid=t_133718_117_f&fid=34808&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthebeautybrains.com%2F2010%2F06%2F24%2Fwhy-are-ahas-so-expensive-2%2F Christina’s costly question…Why are alpha hydroxy products so expensive? I find that the active ingredients are usually grapefruit extracts or other acidic fruits. Why can’t I just rub a grapefruit or lemon on my face and save the $59? The Right Brain’s Reply: Rubbing citrus fruits on your face won’t work very well because they don’t necessarily contain the right kinds of Alpha hydroxy acids AND they don’t contain enough of them. On the other hand, AHA creams are specially formulated with high levels of acids so they are more effective exfolliants. While those products might contain grapefruit extract, it’s likely that they’re also using other active ingredients as well. Acid adds cost So why are AHA products so expensive? In general, A... thebeautybrains.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3690955 Thu, 24 Jun 2010 06:01:04 +0100 3690955 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3672030&cid=t_133718_150_f&fid=34889&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpharmamkting.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F06%2Fare-docs-being-banished-from-pharmas.html "It is a breathtaking sweep to squash something that is really important to us, the science going on in the private sector," said Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, at a meeting in Bethesda, Md. At issue is a decision by the American Heart Association (AHA) to ban pharmaceutical industry employees from making medical education presentations later this year at the AHA's annual scientific sessions (see "Drug firms banished from medical talks")."The policy is blood-curdling," said Keith Yamamoto, executive vice dean of the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine. "This is conflict-of-interest considerations run amok."Wow! It's as if physicians were banished from an Eden where they enjoyed the fruits of the tree of knowledge made accessible by th... Pharma Marketing Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3672030 Thu, 17 Jun 2010 12:05:00 +0100 3672030 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3590339&cid=t_133718_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fusing-rap-to-teach-cpr%2F2010.05.22 Earlier this week we facetiously found out how sex is being used to teach CPR. Now the American Heart Association is turning to rap to teach CPR basics in its Be The Beat campaign: *This blog post was originally published at KevinMD.com* (Source: Better Health) Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3590339 Sat, 22 May 2010 18:12:45 +0100 3590339 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3585610&cid=t_133718_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fmedicine-and-the-wii%2F2010.05.20 This is shaping up to be a big week for the Wii in medicine — not only is the American Heart Association’s endorsement of Wii and new partnership with Nintendo making waves, but today is a day we’ve marked on our calendar for a while: Trauma Team for Wii was released [May 18th].  After years of trauma center releases focusing on surgery (some of which we’ve written about here), this is the first offering that lets gamers delve into emergency and pre-hospital care. Of course, the game runs counter to standard teachings (in one demo video we saw a practitioner abandon her airway procedures to tend to an abdominal wound) and is at least as unrealistic as prior offerings — but then again if we wanted more accuracy, we could just go to work… Product page: T... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3585610 Thu, 20 May 2010 18:00:20 +0100 3585610 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2946927&cid=t_133718_105_f&fid=36987&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FIvorKovicMd%2F%7E3%2FLVw-Q0Fka_A%2F …but nothing compares to using them to help save a life American Heart Association is conducting a promotional campaign to motivate and educate people to learn and if necessary perform Hands-Only CPR. They say that…. “When an adult has a sudden cardiac arrest, his or her survival depends greatly on immediately getting CPR from someone nearby. But less than 1/3 of those people get that help. Most bystanders are worried they might do something wrong or make things worse.” Could not agree more. Among other very useful materials, they have created this great interactive web application called Hands Symphony which is so incredibly fun. Try it and share it with other. If you get only one person to learn Hands-Only CPR, that would be a great thing. Tweet This (Source:... Ivor Kovic, M.D. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2946927 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:51:00 +0100 2946927 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2709218&cid=t_133718_113_f&fid=34625&url=http%3A%2F%2Fclinicalit.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F08%2Fnahit-to-shut-down.html The National Alliance for Health Information Technology is shutting down Sept. 30, citing massive changes in health IT. "In a few short years, NAHIT has accomplished its mission: HIT has moved front and center in efforts to reinvent and reinvigorate the U.S. health system," NAHIT Chief Operating Officer Jane Horowitz says in a press release. "Going forward, the action is shifting from NAHIT’s focus on educating, advocating and building common ground to planning, implementing and using HIT to improving care, safety and efficiency." Horowitz says that other groups are in a better position to help with HIT implementation now. "In particular, the American Hospital Association (AHA) has close ties with hospital chief executive officers while the College of Healthcare Information Management Ex... Neil Versel's Healthcare IT Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2709218 Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:48:00 +0100 2709218 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2405573&cid=t_133718_113_f&fid=34625&url=http%3A%2F%2Fclinicalit.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F05%2Fbreaking-news-private-sector-health.html There's some fairly significant news coming out of Washington tonight: A CNN Money report via Yahoo! says that six key private-sector health industry groups have agreed to participate in the Obama administration's effort to reform healthcare by pledging to take $2 trillion in costs out of the system over the next 10 years. "Six trade associations representing unions, hospitals, insurers and the drug industry have signed on to the commitment," the story says. An Associated Press story says doctors are participating as well. Based on these stories, we can safely assume that coalition includes the AMA, AHA, AHIP, PhRMA and probably the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association and the Service Employees International Union. We'll know for sure Monday when representatives from the six participatin... Neil Versel's Healthcare IT Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2405573 Mon, 11 May 2009 04:52:00 +0100 2405573 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2104523&cid=t_133718_87_f&fid=34935&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmedicine.com.my%2Fwp%2F%3Fp%3D5878 I have added the Wphone plugin for Wordpress. This allows MMR bloggers who are equipped with an iPhone (none at the moment haha)to blog on the go. All one has to do is to check the ‘Use mobile admin interface’ on the login form. I am using Opera Mobile and it seems to work well. Malaysian doctors who wish to blog in the MMR may contact us using the feedback form. from the Malaysian Medical Resources Update: Mobile blogging enabled (Source: Malaysian Medical Resources) Malaysian Medical Resources blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2104523 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 05:00:00 +0100 2104523 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1888135&cid=t_133718_87_f&fid=34935&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmedicine.com.my%2Fwp%2F%3Fp%3D4956 Calling children of the 70s - the disco era. You’ll recall this catchy tune by the Bee Gees What’s so special about the song that it could help save lives? Well according to the AHA, the beat of the song is just perfect for CPR! Reuters reports The American Heart Association calls for chest compressions to be given at a rate of 100 per minute in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). “Stayin’ Alive” almost perfectly matches that, with 103 beats per minute. CPR is a lifesaving technique involving chest compressions alone or with mouth-to-mouth rescue breathing. It is used in emergencies such as cardiac arrest in which a person’s breathing or heartbeat has stopped. CPR can triple survival rates, but some people are reluctant to do it in part because they a... Malaysian Medical Resources blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1888135 Fri, 17 Oct 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1888135 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1859755&cid=t_133718_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F413804847%2Fwhy_workshops_waste_money.html Have you ever attended a great workshop, and experienced an aha moment, only to find people forget to roll out any new insights back at work? It’s no coincidence that workshops waste money, and tend to defeat their purpose, if you look at how the brain learns and retains new ideas. How so? While the brain synapses with fast driven ideas, with mentally charged fuels and an impetus for improvement at workshops, change requires more.  It takes time and applications with guidance to override the brain’s natural proclivity to default past former ruts. Life-changing improvements are implemented through extended guidance that increases serotonin hormones for learning and growth. Yet significant changes tend to be abandoned shortly after brief workshops. Participants drop inspir... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1859755 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:20:30 +0100 1859755 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1190052&cid=t_133718_134_f&fid=35137&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdiabetesupdate.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F01%2Fstatin-drug-manufacturers-deluge-media.html Ever since the publication of the long-delayed results of the Zetia/Vytorin trial a few weeks ago, the study which raised serious questions about whether lowering LDL does anything to prevent heart attack death, the media have been full of M.D.s pontificating on the importance of lowering LDL and the wonderfulness of statin drugs.I've heard them on NPR. I've seen them on my local TV news channel. Clearly the drug industry spinmeisters have been hard at work sending out press releases. On the local news channel tonight, a doctor insisted that you could lower cholesterol by not eating fat and not eating cholesterol, but if that didn't work, you should take a statin drug because statins were "proven" to prevent heart disease in people with "risk factors." Those of you who are educated about n... Diabetes Update blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1190052 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 23:25:00 +0100 1190052 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=985998&cid=t_133718_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F176342086%2Fcreative_brains_differ_in_2_ar.html What causes one person to create and another to criticize in the same situation? In other words … What’s the neural basis for creativity? We know that the critical brain finds it far tougher to move forward – because it generates cortisol and shuts out serotonin chemicals that fuel innovation.My question is ... How do people who problem solve creatively … differ from noncreative counterparts? Luckily I’m not the only one interested in this mystery. In fact new research recently appeared ... with mounting evidence to show that people who solve problems with more “Aha moments”  … differ fundamentally from routine workers. How would people describe your work?Researchers at Drexel University found 2 main differences in innovative bra... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=985998 Sun, 28 Oct 2007 21:03:56 +0100 985998 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=838808&cid=t_133718_87_f&fid=34866&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecardioblog.com%2F2007%2F09%2F04%2Fhealth-organizations-want-americans-to-cut-salt-by-half%2F Filed under: Diet, PreventionI'll be honest here and admit that, because I've never had a blood pressure problem, I once believed it didn't matter how much salt I ate. Older and at least a little wiser, I now realized that as a nation, we all eat far too much sodium than is healthy. Four major health organizations -- the AMA, AHA, ADA, and the U.S. National Institutes of Health -- have teamed up in a national campaign to cut our intake of salt by 50%. Cutting salt can reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease and lower the risk of death.What can you do to lower your salt intake? You can eat fewer processed foods and become a savvy label reader. You can make more of your foods at home and use spices instead of salts to flavor food. When eating out, ask for unsalted foods and empty your salt... The Cardio Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=838808 Tue, 04 Sep 2007 04:00:00 +0100 838808 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=782964&cid=t_133718_87_f&fid=34866&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecardioblog.com%2F2007%2F08%2F06%2Fexperts-issue-new-exercise-guidelines%2F Filed under: Prevention, American Heart Association, Exercise, Aging Heart HealthAre you getting enough activity? The American Heart Association and the American College of Sports Medicine recently released new guidelines on how much exercise we should all be getting. Former guidelines suggested that, at a minimum, we should all be doing 30 minutes of moderate exercise most days of the week. The AHA and ACSM took that a step or two further and recommended: 30 minutes of moderate exercise 5 days per week, OR 20 minutes of vigorous exercise 3 days per week, AND strength training, including 8-10 different exercises, two days per week They also encourage seniors to be more active and to focus on exercises that will promote strength, balance, and flexibility. In addition, the two groups... The Cardio Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=782964 Mon, 06 Aug 2007 04:00:00 +0100 782964 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=749662&cid=t_133718_87_f&fid=34866&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecardioblog.com%2F2007%2F07%2F22%2Faha-says-heart-patients-may-benefit-from-lifting-weights%2F Filed under: ExerciseHave you suffered a cardiac event and would like to make your way back to exercise? The AHA recently announced a new recommendation that said that strength training may be acceptable exercise for those with heart conditions after all, as long as certain guidelines are followed. Previously, patients were eased back into aerobic exercise, but strength training wasn't always encouraged. Not only is strength training good for your health, but stronger muscles will also make day-to-day life easier.Obviously, heart patients shouldn't start any new fitness routine without first talking to their doctor. But once you get the ok, consider these tips when getting started.Read | Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments (Source:... The Cardio Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=749662 Sun, 22 Jul 2007 04:00:00 +0100 749662