Get your nan moving to protect her heart

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US researchers investigating the heart health of close to 6,000 women aged 63 to 99 say regular physical activity and less time sitting around was linked to better heart health. The team strapped fitness trackers to the women and found those who had higher levels of physical activity to have a lower incidence of heart failure compared to the ladies that spent more time sedentary.

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From: JAMA

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conference: JAMA Cardiology

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Organisation/s: University at Buffalo, USA

Funder: This study was funded in part by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, and US Department of Health and Human Services through contracts 75N92021D00001, 75N92021D00002, 75N92021D00003, 75N92021D0004, 75N92021D00005. The OPACH study is funded by HL105065 and HL153462, with additional funding HL151885, HL130591, and HL150170 from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.

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