Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Risks In Heart Patients Reduced By Walking Often And Far

An exercise program that burns a lot of calories reduced cardiac risk factors better than standard cardiac rehabilitation in overweight coronary patients, researchers report in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. "The higher-caloric exercise, consisting of almost daily long-distance walking, resulted in double the weight loss and a greater fat mass loss than standard cardiac rehabilitation exercise," said Philip A. Ades, M.D. More at...

Medtronic Announces San Antonio As Home Of New Diabetes Facility

Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT) announced that the company has chosen San Antonio, Texas, as the home of its new Diabetes Therapy Management and Education Center. Medtronic is expected to hire nearly 1,400 professionals during a five-year period to staff the new 150,000-square-foot facility. The announcement took place today at the Overlook at the Rim office building, the proposed site for the new center. More at...