American women now have one less excuse to avoid exercise: a study shows that even moderate exercise can reduce the risk of heart disease substantially.
In the Aug. 26 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, an analysis of the exercise habits of 72,488 female nurses (between the ages of 40 and 65) during an 8-year period revealed that moderate exercise, such as walking as little as 1 to 3 hours per week, had as much as a 30 percent reduction in coronary events (heart attack and sudden death) during the study period. (more…)