Exercise is Indeed Good for the Heart, Study Explains Why

Filed in archive Studies , Treatment by Gloria Gamat on May 2, 2006

According to a new study published in the May 2 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, aerobic training is associated with the reversal of abnormal hormonal patterns involved in many debilitating symptoms of heart failure.

"A feasible home-based and progressively adjusted aerobic training strategy is able to overcome the limitation of pharmacological treatment in antagonizing neurohormonal activation in heart failure patients, likely contributing to a significant improvement in quality of life, and possibly to the positive prognostic effects," said Claudio Passino, M.D. from the CNR Institute of Clinical Physiology in Pisa, Italy.

Exercise training as what is known, helps many heart failure patients feel better and improves their ability to function more normally. This study explains why people (not only heart patients) should exercise.

Read more at Science Daily.

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