Heart Health
Exercise to protect your heart
Another study, this one in the journal Circulation, finds that staying physically active after age 65 could improve your heart's electrical system and lower your risk of having a heart attack. Participants in the study who spent more time walking and who walked faster had fewer irregular heart rhythms and better heart rate variability than those who walked less or more slowly.
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