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More Great Links

• American Heart Association: Physical Activity
• Health.com: How Much Exercise Do You Need to Prevent Heart Disease?
• WebMD: Exercise for a Healthy Heart

Sources

• The Exercise and Cholesterol Controversy. University of New Mexico.
  http://www.unm.edu/~lkravitz/Article%20folder/cholesterol.html
• Exercise can help a bad heart repair itself. MSNBC.com. Sept. 5, 2007.
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20606123/
• Heart Disease Prevention and Exercise. WebMD.
  http://www.webmd.com/heart-disease/heart-disease-prevention-exercise
• How Much Exercise Do You Need to Prevent Heart Disease? Health.com.
  http://www.health.com/health/condition-article/0,,20188246,00.html
• Physical Activity. American Heart Association.
  http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4563