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Following nutritional recommendations is vital for managing cardiovascular disease, but it’s not always easy, especially for those with limited resources. (Shutterstock)

October 6, 2024

Why heart patients have trouble sticking to a healthy diet, and 3 things that help them eat better

Gabriela Ghisi, University of Toronto and Camila Kümmel Duarte, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)

Heart-healthy diets are vital in cardiac rehab, but cost, complex guidelines and cultural barriers can make them hard to follow. Community support and personalized, affordable plans can help.

New research highlights the need for comprehensive patient education to meet the diverse needs of heart patients. (Shutterstock)

July 2, 2024

Heart health is dependent on knowledge: Global study reveals what information cardiac patients need to thrive

Gabriela Ghisi, University of Toronto

Research shows cardiac patients want to understand heart events, adopt heart-healthy diets, manage medications, recognize symptoms, control risk factors and engage in cardiac rehabilitation programs.

Fewer than half of 111 surveyed countries had cardiac rehab programs specifically for women. (Shutterstock)

May 14, 2024

Cardiac rehab is a proven but underused therapy in women, but tailored resources aim to change that

Gabriela Ghisi, University of Toronto

‘Cardiac College for Women’ offers tailored cardiac rehabilitation education to bridge the gap in cardiovascular care and empower women to manage their heart health effectively.

Cardiac rehab is an outpatient chronic disease management program covering exercise, diet, lifestyle and psychosocial elements in hour-long sessions about twice per week over several months. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Aaron Vincent Elkaim

April 18, 2022

Cardiac rehab for heart patients saves lives and money, so why isn’t it used more?

Sherry L. Grace, York University, Canada

Cardiac rehabilitation is a low-cost approach with proven benefits for heart patients, that drastically lowers future cardiac risks. So why do only 10 to 25 per cent of heart patients access it?

Patients who were overweight and obese had lower mortality rates following cardiac surgery than those with BMIs in the normal or underweight range. (Shutterstock)

September 29, 2020

The obesity paradox: Obese patients fare better than others after heart surgery

Ana Johnson, Queen's University, Ontario and Joel Parlow, Queen's University, Ontario

For patients recovering from heart surgery, being overweight or moderately obese appears to be an advantage over being underweight or even having a normal BMI.

February 12, 2020

Africa is way behind the curve in managing heart disease: here’s a new approach

Martin Heine, Stellenbosch University

Cardiac rehabilitation is not available in many African countries and the way forward may be to focus on patients rather than specific diseases.

During a heart attack, women are more likely to present without pain, or with uncharacteristic symptoms. (Shutterstock)

February 14, 2019

Women’s heart attack symptoms are different, and clinical care must catch up

Glen Pyle, University of Guelph

Sexism in cardiovascular research means that heart attacks are often missed in women. And that women are less likely to receive recommended therapies and rehabilitation opportunities.

Clinical research has established exercise as a safe and effective intervention to counteract the adverse physical and psychological effects of cancer and its treatment. The Clinical Oncology Society of Australia is the first to recommend exercise as part of regular cancer care. (Unsplash/curtis macnewton)

November 15, 2018

Exercise is medicine, and doctors are starting to prescribe it

Scott Lear, Simon Fraser University

From weekend walks with your doctor to free gym memberships, there is a global movement afoot.

Women are referred less than men for in-hospital treatments such as angioplasty, performed here at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York in 2017. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

February 5, 2018

Why heart disease is often missed in women: The myth of the ‘widowmaker’

Scott Lear, Simon Fraser University

Heart disease is the number one cause of death for women globally. And yet women’s symptoms and risk factors are less well recognized, and they receive less in-hospital care, than men.

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