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As a long-term maintenance program, you'll generally need to continue the habits and follow the skills you learned for the rest of your life. After about three months, you likely will have developed y...

A medically supervised exercise and education program that helps patients who have a heart condition or are recovering from a heart event. By working with your health care providers, you can reduce th...

In this program, you'll work with a team of health care professionals who will guide you through each step of the process. The first stage generally lasts about three months, but some people may ...

Phase 3 is designed to help you continue to maintain a healthier lifestyle through supervised exercise sessions and health education. Phase 3 is an extension of Phase 2 with the emphasis to further ac...

Breathing is an essential part of life. But for those with chronic lung diseases, breathing may become an ongoing concern. If you experience breathing problems from asthma, chronic bronchitis, chronic...

The components of phase 2 of cardiac rehabilitation are: Core components  Baseline patient assessment Exercise training Nutritional counseling Physical activity counseling P...

If you have concerns about your child's development, pediatric speech therapy can help. Speech-language pathologists help infants, children and families reach maximum function while at home, school an...

Difficulty swallowing, or dysphagia, is common in older adults, but it can happen at any age. Swallowing problem causes vary, and treatment depends on the cause. Speech-language pathologists will dete...

Certain types of heart disease, such as heart defects, can't be prevented. However, you can prevent many other types of heart disease by making lifestyle changes, learn about them below.   ...

"Cardiovascular disease" describes a range of conditions that affect your heart, including blood vessel diseases, heart rhythm problems and congenital heart defects. Cardiovascular disease often is us...