Heart & Metabolic Heath

10 Sep Physical Activity Benefits Old and Young, Frail and Healthy

Posted at 17:59h in Exercise & Pulm Rehab, Heart & Metabolic Heath 1 Comment

Did you ever wonder if those community-based exercise programs actually did much good for the people who participated? You know,...

14 Jun Know the Signs of Peripheral Arterial Disease

Posted at 06:18h in Exercise & Pulm Rehab, Heart & Metabolic Heath 4 Comments

By Kathy Sietsema, MD This information was obtained at a lecture delivered in 2002 to the California Society of Pulmonary Rehabilitation...

31 May A New Drug May Improve Lung and Cardiovascular Function

Posted at 06:29h in COPD Research, Heart & Metabolic Heath, Other Lung Therapies 7 Comments

Ghrelin, a substance related to growth-hormone, is being studied to determine if it may improve the symptoms of emphysema. Ghrelin...

08 Feb How to Calculate Your Own BMI

Posted at 06:03h in Heart & Metabolic Heath 0 Comments

In last week’s post, we reported on the relationship of BMI, or body mass index, to mortality rates in COPD...

01 Feb The COPD Obesity Conundrum: Is It Good to Have a High BMI When You Have COPD?

Posted at 06:44h in Heart & Metabolic Heath 2 Comments

In a database analysis of 22 studies of COPD patients that compared their body mass index (BMI, a measure of...

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