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A cardiologist has questioned the impact saturated fats have on heart risk.

Discover the best exercises to lose fat around your belly, plus other helpful weight loss tips from cardiac rehabilitation specialist Laura Cartwright.

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University of Leeds | Dr Al Benson

Dr Al Benson and his team at the University of Leeds are studying whether exercise could help to reduce the damage to the heart that occurs during heart failure, where the heart cannot pump blood around the body effectively. When a person...

Discover 10 stretches from exercise specialist Andrew Scard to help your joints and muscles move more easily, including hamstring, neck and shoulder stretches.

With a heart problem, it can be hard to know how much exercise is too much. Our Senior Cardiac Nurse offers advice on where to start.

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St George's, University of London | Professor Sanjay Sharma

Supervised by Professor Sanjay Sharma, this Clinical Research Training Fellowship is focusing on finding out whether intense physical activity can cause heart muscle remodelling that resembles a rare heart muscle disease called Left Ventric...

Andrew Scard, a cardiac rehab specialist, demonstrates exercises like knee rolls, pelvic lifts, and seated trunk rotations for lower back pain. Try the exercises today.

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University of Leeds | Dr Carrie Ferguson

People who have heart failure can sometimes find it difficult to carry out day-to-day activities because they experience breathlessness or leg tiredness. This means they may have difficulty with exercise, and they are sometimes said to have...

Try cardiac rehab expert Hara Markos' top resistance band exercises, including pull-aparts, leg presses and bicep curls, to improve your strength and flexibility.