“Weekend Warrior” Physical Activity Provides Similar Heart-Related Benefits As More Regular Exercise
Study results suggest that engaging in some physical activity, regardless of pattern, helps protect against a range of cardiovascular conditions.
Dr. Ho is a cardiologist in the Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Section at MGH, and Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. As a physician-scientist, Jen is a faculty member of the Cardiovascular Research Center and maintains an affiliation with the Framingham Heart Study. Her laboratory is focused on clinical and translational patient-oriented investigations to understand mechanisms driving heart failure and cardiometabolic disease, with a particular focus on heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. Jen has mentored over 15 trainees in her laboratory and is a recipient of the MGH Claflin Distinguished Scholar Award and multiple NIH grants to support her research laboratory. She was awarded the 2018 Inaugural MGH Medicine Residency Excellence in Mentoring Award and the 2018 Brian McGovern Memorial Teaching Award. Jen currently serves on the Steering Committee for the MGH NIH cardiovascular T32 training grant, as well as the Scientific Board of the Sarnoff Foundation, an organization devoted to mentoring young investigators.
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Study results suggest that engaging in some physical activity, regardless of pattern, helps protect against a range of cardiovascular conditions.
The findings could help in identifying new interventions that reduce the brain’s stress activity without the negative health effects of alcohol.
The Heart Transplant Program successfully completed its 750th transplant on Sunday, April 30. Since the hospital’s first heart transplant in 1985, the Heart Transplant Program has grown into the highest annual volume program in New England.
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The workshop outlined research opportunities to identify and treat patients with mitral valve prolapse (MVP) who are at risk of sudden cardiac arrest and death.