Women suffering from peripheral artery disease, which reduces blood flow to the legs, can benefit from exercise in ladies fitness wear as it causes new blood vessels to form and improves circulation, a new study suggests.

People suffering from peripheral artery disease have narrowed arteries, reducing blood flow and causing leg pain.

The research, published in this week's Online Early Edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, found that the molecule PGC-1alpha aids the growth of new blood vessels in response to exercise.

"Exercise is a staple of healthy living," said Zoltan Arany, senior author of the study and assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School.

"One of the many benefits of exercise, endurance exercise in particular, is the generation of new blood vessels in leg muscles," Mr Arany added.

The NHS recommends that adults should exercise for 30 minutes, five days a week. It suggests women don their ladies fitness wear and walk or cycle short journeys rather than driving. ADNFCR-2569-ID-19493697-ADNFCR

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