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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.
Jumping rope is short on time, fun, and good for your heart health.
Shovelling snow is excellent exercise that works the upper and lower body. However, it’s important to remember that digging out from a storm pushes many people to their maximal fitness capacity.
We found that 13- and 14-year-old teens from deprived areas already showed signs of developing heart disease – but also made some surprising discoveries about what factors can lead to a healthy heart.
Moving daily is essential to keeping ourselves healthy.
How to interpret the readings to tell if you have high blood pressure.
Average temperatures in Australia are already high by international standards, but what happens when they continue to rise? How much heat can our bodies withstand?
It’s time characters on TV reflected not only women’s experience of heart disease but those of men from diverse backgrounds if we want to prevent more people dying from heart disease.
Evidence now shows that for the majority of healthy people, the risks of bleeding with a daily Aspirin outweigh any heart benefits. How long will it take for your doctor to tell you?
Dr. Seuss’ most famous character has a lot to teach us about heart.
Five experts were divided on whether or not we should choose the “light"dairy option.
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Affiliate Scientist, KITE Research Institute, Adjunct Professor, Department of Physical Therapy, University of Toronto
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Senior Lecturer in Chemical Pathology, University of Westminster
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Adjunct Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Mount Saint Vincent University
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Program Director of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Accredited Practising Dietitian, Adelaide University
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Professor of Anatomy, Lancaster University
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Researcher, Department of Neurobiology, Karolinska Institutet
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Member, IMPART (Inflammation & Metabolism, Physical Ability, & Research Translation) Network, Dalhousie University
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Laureate Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle
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Senior lecturer, Liverpool John Moores University; University of Liverpool
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Associate Professor of Cardiology, University of Colorado Anschutz
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SHARP Professor, Vitalities Lab, Centre for Social Research in Health and Social Policy Centre, and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society, UNSW
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Canada Research Chair in Health Justice, University of Toronto
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Professor Emeritus, Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Queen's University, Ontario
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Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Western University
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Chair In Nutrition And Ageing, Deakin University