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

Research highlights the need for couple-based interventions in heart disease to focus on emotional support and relationship ...

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 ...

Heart disease affects more than the body. Recovery improves when partners are part of care, daily habits, and emotional support.

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 ...

In this study, outcomes were investigated among a cohort of patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) who participated in a cardiac rehabilitation program post hospital ...

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, ...

Editor's Note: This article is made possible through a sponsored content partnership with New Hanover Regional Medical Center. When Donald Burns, a captain of the Wilmington Fire Department, had a ...

Based on these results, researchers recommend that intimate partners be included in cardiac rehabilitation programs, to help ...

With heart disease as the leading cause of death worldwide, there is growing recognition that recovery is not only physical ...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- Mario Oikonomides credits a massive heart attack when he was 38 for sparking his love of exercise, which he says helped keep him out of the hospital for decades after. While ...