When a Sore Throat is a Sign that your HEART is in Trouble
Simon Whiteley was strolling along the seafront in Ibiza with his wife, Eileen, and their ten-year-old son James when he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his throat.
‘It came on out of the blue — I wasn’t particularly exerting myself, just walking along, when it happened,’ says Simon.
‘It felt a bit like when you inhale cold air on a chilly day, and really hurt in my throat.
'I also felt breathless and had to sit down for a few minutes.’
‘It happened a couple of times while I was away,’ adds the 67-year-old dairy worker.
‘I put it down to the heat but I promised Eileen I’d get it checked with the doctor as soon as I got back.’
As promised, on his return he went straight to his doctor, who told him it was a possible sign of angina.
This causes blood flow to be temporarily restricted to the heart, and triggers pain and breathlessness that lasts a few minutes.
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A daily dose of aspirin for over-60s can cut their risk of cancer by up to 40 per cent and may offer protection after just a few years, researchers claim.
A study of more than 100,000 healthy people found that those who took a dose of aspirin every day were two fifths less likely to develop and die from stomach, oesophageal or colorectal cancer in the following decade.
They also had a 12 per cent lower risk of dying from other cancers, adding up to an overall 16 per cent lower risk of death from cancer of any type.
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Doctors Zap High Blood Pressures with Radio Waves: Procedure Could be Permanent Cure
A radical therapy that zaps the kidneys with radio waves could provide a permanent cure for high blood pressure, research shows.
The procedure may be available on the NHS as early as next year after trials showed it produced dramatic improvements in the condition.
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Researchers writing in the journal Neurology found that of more than 37,000 men followed for a decade, those who ate the most chocolate typically the equivalent of one-third of a cup of chocolate chips had a 17 per cent lower risk of stroke than men who avoided chocolate.
The study is hardly the first to link chocolate to cardiovascular benefits, with several previous ones suggesting that chocolate fans have lower rates of certain risks for heart disease and stroke, like high blood pressure. Read More
Having a highly demanding job, but little control over it, could be a deadly combination, UK researchers say.
They analysed 13 existing European studies covering nearly 200,000 people and found "job strain" was linked to a 23% increased risk of heart attacks and deaths from coronary heart disease.
The risk to the heart was much smaller than for smoking or not exercising, the Lancet medical journal report said.
The British Heart Foundation said how people reacted to work stress was key.
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