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...more, though. A study published last week in the Journal of the American Medical Association says that even a minimal amount of exercise -- a brisk half-hour walk once a day is enough -- confers significant protection not only from cardiovascular disease and cancers but also against death from a wide range of other causes. Put plainly, people who exercise just a little bit tend to live longer...
...been trying to tell them to run," Kleinfelder said. "I'm more concerned about the cardiovascular, making sure they're in shape. The stick skills will come back...
...matter what your goals are, cardiovascular fitness must be the vital foundation. The importance of fitness of the heart cannot in any way be overestimated. The American Heart Association continually reminds us that coronary heart disease is still the number one killer in America--the picture cannot be painted in bolder hues...
...Tobacco claims 390,000 lives a year, 90,000 more than earlier estimates. Two-thirds of those deaths result from cardiovascular disease, lung cancer and chronic respiratory ailments like emphysema. The average male smoker is 22 times as likely to die from lung cancer as is a nonsmoker, double the previous risk estimate...
Portable analyzers, though, cannot calculate LDL and HDL levels. Even many laboratories have been unable to give consistently accurate counts of HDL. Yet that figure may be the most vital statistic of all in evaluating cardiovascular health in otherwise moderate- or low-risk individuals. Says Dr. Bruce Gordon, associate professor of medicine at Manhattan's Rogosin Institute: "There are a sizable number of people who would be inappropriately treated unless their HDL levels were taken into account...