Barry A. Franklin, PhD, director of Preventive Cardiology/Cardiac Rehabilitation at Beaumont Health in Royal Oak, Michigan. He is past president of the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation and the American College of Sports Medicine, as well as a former editor in chief of Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention. Dr. Franklin has written or edited more than 700 scientific publications, including 26 books. In 2015, he was listed by Thomson Reuters as among the World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds.
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Everyone knows the big three–don’t smoke, lose weight, get exercise–but did you know there are additional, easy ways to keep your heart healthy?
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