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A New New Year�s Reason For
Women To Work Out:
Exercise Improves Three Measures of Heart Protection
Funding
Research was supported in part by a grant from the Life
Fitness Academy, which supports research by young faculty and graduate
students. Life Fitness, which makes exercise equipment, is a subsidiary of
Brunswick Corp.
Editor�s note: A copy of the research paper by
Szymanski et al. is available to the media. To obtain an electronic version
and interview members of the research team, please contact Mayer Resnick at
the American Physiological Society, 301.634.7209, cell 301.332.4402 or
[email protected].
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