Active living
Moving at −20°C: staying active through winter
Cold changes the rules but does not cancel movement. Three principles that work in a Kazakh winter.
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Demo profile. A fictional specialist created for the website mock-up. The photo shows a stock model, not the person named. Replace with a real expert with written consent before publishing. The heart and everyday habits: what actually changes risk Astana For twelve years Yerlan has worked with patients who have already had a heart attack or a stent. He knows well what a conversation looks like when everything is explained at once: pills, diet, movement, quitting smoking. In his experience, that kind of conversation barely changes behaviour. So he builds a consultation differently — around one step the patient can genuinely take this week. "The hardest part is not prescribing, but agreeing," he says. In his materials for the site he covers the cardiology side: what happens to blood vessels, why exertion in the cold deserves attention, and how smoking is linked to risk. Astana Medical University, general medicine, 2012 Residency in cardiology, 2015 Manages patients after heart attack and stenting Advises on quitting smoking as part of cardiac rehabilitation