Waltham, MA - Fewer than one in five people receive cardiac rehabilitation (CR) services after an MI or coronary artery bypass surgery, according to a new study, by Dr Jose A Suaya (Brandeis ...

The first week after her heart transplant, Eileen Ryan was a wreck. Overcome by weakness, she couldn’t stand or walk. Going home from the hospital, she had to rely on a wheelchair. That was in ...

Nurse scientist Linda Park, PhD, uses NIH funding to study cardiac rehab and digital tools—like pedometers and apps—to ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Exercise-based rehabilitation programs for heart patients are tied to health benefits even among the most elderly, according to a new study. “Unfortunately, ...

Pictured is LMH Health’s cardiac rehab team: from left, nurses Leann Dickson, Leann Towner and Kelly Kallenberger, exercise physiologist Vic White, nurses Vickie Friel and Liz Walters, exercise ...

Patients recovering from a heart attack are being offered personalised occupational therapy on the NHS to help them get back ...

(Reuters Health) - Women are less likely than men to participate fully in cardiac rehabilitation programs, which could impede their recovery from heart attacks and heart procedures, say Canadian ...

Researchers have found that patients who have completed cardiac rehabilitation and who receive telephone counseling that supports exercise are more likely to adhere to an exercise program. Researchers ...

For Medicare, congestive heart failure is the most common reason for hospital admissions and readmissions and it is among the most costly diseases to treat. The Care Continuum Alliance estimates that ...

The holidays can bring cold weather festive activities, but they can also bring heart emergencies. Global Medical Response has found that cardiac emergencies rise by more than 30% on Christmas Eve.

Use of cardiac rehabilitation after open heart valve surgery is associated with lower rates of hospitalization and mortality in the year after discharge, an analysis of Medicare data shows. Mortality ...