New guidance can help cardiac patients with diabetes to exercise more safely
Cardiac patients who also have diabetes will be able to do their rehabilitation exercises more safely, thanks to the world s first guidance on the subject, which has been published by international experts including a Swansea University academic.
The guidance will be a crucial resource for healthcare professionals, so they can help the growing number of cardiac rehabilitation patients who also have diabetes.
The guidance, approved by international diabetes organizations, was drawn up by a team including Dr. Richard Bracken of the School of Sports and Exercise Sciences, College of Engineering and the Diabetes Research group, located in the Medical School at Swansea University.
A visualisation of Venturi Cardiology ONE of the UK’s leading heart doctors ia launching the north west s first independent healthy heart clinic in Birchwood. Venturi Cardiology, a state-of-the-art heart screening clinic, will open this spring to help make heart care more accessible. It is being launched by Dr Scott Murray, former president of the British Association for Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation (BACPR) and consultant cardiologist at Wirral University Teaching Hospital, as well as his three like-minded cardiologist friends. The facility has been backed with investment from the Briley Group. As well as providing routine diagnostic cardiology services, Venturi’s primary objective is to treat the cause of heart disease, currently the UK’s biggest killer.
Dr. Andrew Freeman is known as the Vegan Cardiologist, but to his patients, he is simply a great doctor who wants them to eat more plant-based to be their healthiest, both now, during the coronavirus pandemic, and later, when heart disease shows up. Convincing people to eat plant-based has gotten easier during the past year, one of the few upsides of the current health crisis, but he still feels compelled to amass all the latest research studies that show how a plant-based diet is healthier for your heart, your longevity, your immunity and every system in the body. So every year Dr. Freeman shares all the latest scientific studies and presents this scholarly research on plant-based eating to lower the risk of heart disease and cancer, among other ailments, to his peers and patients alike.
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Green tea originates from southwest China and has been appreciated all over the world for over 3,000 years. Incipiently, it wasn t consumed as a beverage. People ate and chewed on the leaves, much like people did with coffee beans in order to increase physical endurance. Eventually, they began to cook and boil the leaves in water to make tea and it remained a permanent staple. Green tea has more health benefits than black tea because of the way it is prepared, making it extra special. Green tea is processed in a way that enhances the oxidants like the antioxidant polyphenols because it is not fermented. An antioxidant is a molecule that inhibits the oxidation of other molecules. They come up frequently in studies as they preserve the body and the cells from contagions and they protect us free radicals caused by oxidation. Researchers believe green tea has the power to reduc
The researchers found that a Mediterranean diet could improve endothelial function in people with coronary heart disease.
The endothelium is a thin membrane that coats the inside of blood vessels and the heart. It plays a number of roles that are important for the functioning of the cardiovascular system.
The recent research, summarized in the journal
PLOS Medicine, may help guide doctors giving nutritional advice to people with coronary heart disease.
Heart disease
As the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report, heart disease accounts for around 1 in 4 deaths in the United States, making it the leading cause of death.