Kinda of old news to those of us who have been into physical fitness for a few decades now, but the mass media has recently caught up, and its a good thing. There is no doubt that this type of training is very effective. Get a checkup first though, since it can be quite taxing. It gives similar effects to a workout with weights, in that its very anaerobic and causes afterburn and hormonal effects that slow and steady aerobics just dont do.
I've known about Tabata since shortly after it was published in 1996 (IIRC) and have done daily cardio since the 1960's.
That said, there are a lot of people who don't know about some of the additional positive effects mentioned in this article. I thought they might be interested.
I have been trying to get my bad cholesterol down and good up with HIIT and I go into the doctor for lab results on Thursday.
I hope I am making some headway because I don't want to take statins.