{"id":9810,"date":"2018-03-12T09:32:57","date_gmt":"2018-03-12T13:32:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=9810"},"modified":"2018-03-12T09:32:57","modified_gmt":"2018-03-12T13:32:57","slug":"hearts-get-younger-even-at-middle-age-with-exercise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=9810","title":{"rendered":"Hearts Get &#8216;Younger,&#8217; Even At Middle Age, With Exercise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Patti Neighmond for NPR)<\/p>\n<p>Eventually it happens to everyone. As we age, even if we&#8217;re healthy, the heart becomes less flexible, more stiff and just isn&#8217;t as efficient in processing oxygen as it used to be. In most people the first signs\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1113\/jphysiol.2011.218271\/full\">show up<\/a>\u00a0in the 50s or early 60s. And among people who don&#8217;t exercise, the underlying changes can start even sooner. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/health-shots\/2018\/03\/12\/591513777\/hearts-get-younger-even-at-middle-age-with-exercise?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=61275680&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz--NrHYjUp6SqS635qwFtEvj286sGjiKH4ALphfpY9PFbd_2eXBFinqzNkogZAleXjdybPrdHY-4dI7EkRcPDYRlefZuOw&amp;_hsmi=61275680\">Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3902\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"152\" height=\"55\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png 152w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo-150x55.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 152px) 100vw, 152px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre>Notice: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Patti Neighmond for NPR) Eventually it happens to everyone. As we age, even if we&#8217;re healthy, the heart becomes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aging"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9810"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9810\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9811,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9810\/revisions\/9811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}