Latest Cardiopulmonary rehabilitation Stories
Northwestern's Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute Cardiac Rehabilitation program paved the way CHICAGO, April 1, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Amar Vakil seemed to have it all: A rapidly growing management consulting business and a loving and supportive family. Vakil, 49, is a first-generation immigrant from India and was determined to take full advantage of the American Dream. He became so motivated and obsessed with taking his business to the next level that it began to take a toll...
In a poster presentation on Saturday, March 23, 2013 from 10:15 to 11:45 a.m. Pacific Time, at the Society of Behavioral Medicine’s 34th Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions, Dr. Ralph Maddison will discuss how a new mobile phone program designed to encourage people to exercise has proved successful. San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) March 18, 2013 Recent results from a randomized controlled trial showed a mobile phone text program increased physical activity in people with cardiovascular...
redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports – Your Universe Online Heart patients are more likely to show up to cardiac rehabilitation (CR) sessions if hospitals schedule them no longer than 10 days after the individual is discharged, a team of researchers from the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit has discovered. As part of their research, which is detailed in the latest edition of the journal Circulation, lead author Dr. Quinn Pack and colleagues write that the recruited 148 patients who had a...
Coronary patients are not being managed according to European guidelines Large proportions of European coronary patients are not benefiting from cardiac rehabilitation services, according to results of the third EUROASPIRE survey published today in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology. Yet despite the evidence that cardiac rehabilitation is very effective for patients with coronary heart disease, this latest study shows that services in Europe are much underused, with poor...
Every single town in Australia has been rated on its proximity to cardiac care, before and after a heart attack, in a new report published in Circulation and headed by Queensland University of Technology (QUT). Associate Professor Robyn Clark, from QUT's School of Nursing, led a national research team for the seven-year multi-disciplinary project, entitled the Cardiac Accessibility and Remoteness Index for Australia (Cardiac ARIA), with funding from an Australian Research Council Linkage...
A research conducted at the University of Granada has demonstrated the efficiency of a heart rehabilitation program aimed at patients suffering from heart disease. The authors of this study affirm that it is essential that heart rehabilitation programs aimed at cardiac patients are established. In Spain, a low percentage of cardiac patients participate in this type of programs, as compared to the rest of Europe. The study included a sample of 200 patients suffering from heart disease, who...
The year is ending and people are thinking about their New Year’s resolutions. The Heart Fit Clinic helps people by providing screenings and education with its new Heart Disease Defense DVD system. Many of us are truly excited to start an exercise program, eat healthier and become fitter overall. However, if people have high risk factors to heart disease then it becomes important to get the right education and timely screenings. Cardiovascular disease continues to be the leading cause of...
It has been well researched that heart problems do rise over the holiday season. The Heart Fit Clinic has the answer and can prepare people for battling this frightening disease. Cardiovascular disease continues to be the leading cause of hospitalization and death in developed countries. Surviving a heart event is a blessing to now live the best life ever. Calgary, AB (PRWEB) December 28, 2011 The Heart Fit Clinic is the leading cardiac rehabilitation and heart attack and stroke...
Why do heart problems spike during the holiday season? Researchers are intrigued by the number of heart attacks occurring in the holiday season. The Heart Fit Clinic has the solution. They can prepare people for this frightening disease. Heart disease continues to be the leading cause of death and hospitalization in developed countries. Surviving a heart attack is now having a second chance on life. Calgary, AB (PRWEB) November 28, 2011 The holiday season is here, unfortunately also known...
Even minor fitness improvements are associated with decrease in mortality, especially in the least fit Cardiac rehabilitation boosts longevity, especially in patients with the lowest fitness levels, Dr. Billie-Jean Martin today told the Canadian Cardiovascular Congress 2011, co-hosted by the Heart and Stroke Foundation and the Canadian Cardiovascular Society. "There are benefits to cardiac rehabilitation, regardless of how fit – or unfit – you are," says Dr. Martin, a cardiac...
