
TUESDAY, July 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- It doesn't matter if you exercise every day or squeeze it all into the weekend. If you do the recommended 150 minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity a week, you'll get heart benefits, a new study finds. Both regimens protect you from atrial fibrillation (a-fib), heart attack, heart failure and stroke, compared with inactivity, researchers reported in the July 18 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association."Our study suggests that it’s the volume of activity, rather than the pattern, that matters most in terms of cardiovascular health,†said lead researcher Dr. Shaan Khurshid, a research fellow in medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.Efforts to increase physical activity, whether they're spread out...