With Cardiovascular Disease still the number one killer worldwide, it’s shocking to me that people don’t consider their heart health until half way through their lives – with 1 in 10 actually admitting that they won’t think about their heart until they are over 60. Especially since the heart is the body’s hardest working organ – pumping blood that delivers critical nutrients and oxygen to every cell.
How cold weather can affect blood circulation and cardiovascular health – the chilling facts
With snow finally falling in parts of UK, many are feeling cold to their core but what most people don’t know is that cold weather can actually bring more than a chill to their bones. Cold weather can impact how blood flows around ones body and can raise the risk of a heart attack.
One in ten healthy Brits take aspirin as a blood ‘thinner’ – despite side effects & against medical guidelines
Recent research reveals that one in ten of us – or nearly 3 million people over 45 – take low dose aspirin daily as a blood thinner, ’just in case’, although they are not at high risk of a cardiovascular event. All this, whilst worldwide clinical guidelines have advised for years that healthy people (those not at high risk of CVD) should not be taking aspirin as a preventative, as the risk of side effects outweighs the benefits.