Exercise Improves Heart Failure

In a recent study published in the British Medical Journal, it has been shown that individuals with heart failure could extend their life expectancy by engaging in an exercise training program. This study has cornered the other opinion of “enforced bed rest” which is commonly recommendation by many doctors for the care of patients with heart failure. This study is also supported by study published in Journal of the American College of Cardiology which suggests that exercise is fundamentally beneficial in heart failure. This is in contrast to thinking of most doctors 10 or 20 years ago who felt that heart failure was a condition that demanded constant rest – perhaps even bed rest – and that exercise was dangerous.