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Health Tip: Exercise Can Help Manage Menopause

(HealthDay News) -- After menopause, women are more likely than before to have heart disease or develop osteoporosis, the American Council on Exercise says.

The council says aerobic and weight-bearing forms of exercise can decrease a person's risk of:

  • Heart disease.

  • Osteoporosis.

  • Anxiety and depression.

  • Losing too much weight.

Online Medical Reviewer: Louise Akin, RN, BSN
Online Medical Reviewer: Daphne Pierce-Smith, RN, MSN, FNP, CCRC
Last Review Date: 6/4/2012
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