Just one more reason to get off the couch and hit the gym or the great outdoors — your heart will thank you!Exercise Health Benefits for Women | 07/31/2009 10:30 am

We all knew exercise was good for our health, but we’re now finding out hitting the pavement or the gym is actually even better for us women than it is for men.

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p> An article in the August issue of Journal of Lipid Research talked about the results of a long-term study of more than 8,700 men and women ages 45-64, which provided race- and gender-specific data on the cholesterol effects of physical activity. The study showed that women, particularly black women, experience greater benefits as a result of exercise than men. At least an extra half hour of ...

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