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Chronic Disease and the Quality of Life in Older Adults

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There are differences on what exactly contribute to quality of life on a personal level from person to person. Although many older people in good health condition have the increase of physical problems that affect them and their businesses. Although these disorders are more common with age, including Alzheimer, dementia, arthritis, hypertension, heart disease, stroke, depression, kidneys problem; lung disease, cancer and men’s prostate disease. (more…)

Benefit of Aerobic Exercise for Elderly

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Aerobic exercise is one form of exercise with low to moderate intensity which is done for a longer or a moderate duration. With aerobic exercise, our blood flow increases to the muscles, thus strengthening cardiovascular and lungs. Muscles need oxygen, and the increases muscle activity associated with aerobic exercise makes body to allow for more oxygen to the muscles being used. This does the heart and lungs working better and harder. At the end it will also strengthens the lungs and the entire cardiovascular system. There are also another term that you may have heard before: Anaerobic exercise. Aerobic exercise is in contrast to anaerobic exercise which usually involves intense activity that is abruptly or short in duration, such as weight lifting. (more…)