HEALTH NOTES: Could you spot heart disease?
HEALTH NOTES: Do You Recognize Heart Disease?
Three quarters of Britons would not recognize the common symptoms of heart disease.
Pain and numbness in the arm could indicate a heart attack, but only 27 percent of the 2,000 adults surveyed by the supplement brand Comvita were aware of it.
Less than half knew that shortness of breath could indicate heart problems and more than a third did not know that chest pain was a red flag.
The findings echo a 2019 study that found less than 40 per cent of Britons knew their key blood pressure readings and BMI – vital indicators of heart health.
Cardiovascular disease accounts for a quarter of all UK deaths.
Pain and numbness in the arm could indicate a heart attack, but only 27 percent of the 2,000 adults surveyed by the supplement brand Comvita were aware of it
Stress epidemic hits the workplace
According to a survey of 12,000 people, half of people in the UK suffer from overwhelming stress.
About 96 percent of those surveyed regularly experience stress or anxiety, but only half described these feelings as “manageable.”
The research, conducted by vitamin supplement merchant Dr. Vegan, also found that a third of those surveyed had taken time off for stress-related reasons. Three-quarters said they also avoided social situations as a result.
A poll of 1,000 UK managers in December found that 75 per cent had noticed an increase in stress levels among their employees since the Covid-19 pandemic.
About nine in ten bosses also said that such emotional issues affected job performance.
About 96 percent of those surveyed regularly experience stress or anxiety, but only half described these feelings as “manageable.”
People conceived through IVF are not at greater risk of fertility problems, it has been found.
Experts have long suspected that the problems can be passed down from generation to generation, but a study at Barts Health NHS Trust suggests otherwise. They used data from the Medical Birth Registry of Norway to analyze about one million IVF babies conceived between 1984 and 2002 who then had children of their own.
Compared to a group of non-IVF children, they found no difference in the risk of congenital abnormalities, miscarriage, low birth weight and admission to neonatal intensive care units. The study noted that people conceived through IVF have fewer pregnancies, but this was not due to fertility problems.
A charity has called on the government to involve more older Britons in drug trials.
People over 60 are prescribed more medication than any other age group, but a third of medical trials do not include older adults, says the International Longevity Center. Without them, side effects of certain medications can be misjudged. Now the charity wants ministers to issue guidelines for British researchers telling them to approach older people when recruiting for trials.
“We need to equate age diversity with gender and ethnicity,” said spokesperson Esther McNamara.