Exercise

WASHINGTON — In well-treated patients with chronic HF with reduced ejection fraction, omecamtiv mecarbil did not improve measures of exercise capacity over 20 weeks compared with placebo, researchers reported.

CHICAGO — In a review of studies that examined performance and safety when participants wore COVID-19 face masks during exercise, researchers found such exercise safe and did not affect or cause significant physiologic changes in athletes.

Medication and exercise are more beneficial in preventing a second stroke in those with intracranial atherosclerosis compared with placement of a blood vessel stent, new guidance from the American Academy of Neurology stated.

Compared with pre- and postmenopausal women, women in perimenopause had increased fat mass, decreased fat-free mass and greater percent body fat, elevating cardiometabolic risks, according to study results.

Daily exercise is the first step to building physical and mental resilience in dialysis staff, according to a speaker at the virtual Annual Dialysis Conference.

NBA All-Star Sean Elliott is partnering with Fresenius Kidney Care in March to raise awareness of kidney disease and highlight the importance of early detection, according to a press release.

A yearlong resistance exercise program for inactive adults with hypertension improved sleep quality and duration compared with aerobic exercise, combined aerobic and resistance exercises and no exercise, researchers reported.

PHOENIX — Oxygen saturation did not significantly decrease among children who participated in low- or moderate-intensity exercise while masked, according to data presented at American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Meeting.

People living in walkable neighborhoods are more likely to engage in physical activity and less likely to have diabetes, obesity and other metabolic diseases, according to findings published in Endocrine Reviews.

Cardiologist Robert Califf, MD, MACC, will take on the role of FDA commissioner for a second time. The Senate confirmed Califf in a close vote of 50-46. It was the top story in cardiology last week.