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New self-assessment helps pregnant women start exercising safely sooner
Pregnant women are now able to easily and quickly determine whether they should be exercising thanks to a new one-of-a-kind tool developed in collaboration with researchers at the University of Alberta.
The Get Active Questionnaire for Pregnancy, newly published by the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology, guides pregnant individuals through a series of yes/no questions to confirm whether it is safe to exercise during pregnancy, and identify the small number of individuals who should seek medical advice before starting or continuing to exercise.
Margie Davenport, a U of A pregnancy researcher in the Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation, who led the development of the questionnaire, explained that previous guidelines no matter the score urged women to speak to their health-care provider before beginning or continuing to be physically active during pregnancy. This, she said, created a maj
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Innovative fitness program encourages kids with heart disease or transplants to train safely at home
Zacharie Biollo, 16, was born with a ventricle missing in his heart and had three life-saving surgeries by the time he was three years old. As he grew up, his parents encouraged him to get involved in sports such as soccer and karate, but he found he ran out of breath faster than some other kids.
Then he got to participate in a new program to help young heart patients get fit and stay active, developed by the pediatric cardiology group and a team of computing scientists at the University of Alberta.
Researchers identify protein that interferes with the body s ability to get rid of bad cholesterol
A team of researchers at the University of Alberta has uncovered a long-sought link in the battle to control cholesterol and heart disease.
The protein that interferes with low-density lipoprotein (LDL) receptors that clear bad cholesterol from the blood was identified in findings recently published in
Nature Communications by Dawei Zhang, associate professor of pediatrics in the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry. Excess LDL cholesterol can lead to atherosclerosis a narrowing and hardening of arteries and ultimately, heart attack.
We have known for many years that these receptors could be cleaved, but nobody knew which protein was responsible. There had been several attempts around the world but nobody else was successful.
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A team of researchers at the University of Alberta has uncovered a long-sought link in the battle to control cholesterol and heart disease.
The protein that interferes with low-density lipoprotein (LDL) receptors that clear bad cholesterol from the blood was identified in findings recently published in
Nature Communications by Dawei Zhang, associate professor of pediatrics in the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry. Excess LDL cholesterol can lead to atherosclerosis a narrowing and hardening of arteries and ultimately, heart attack.
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