Exercising moderately for one hour per day could significantly reduce a persons risk of developing heart failure, a new study suggests. Heart failure is a potentially life-threatening condition which leads to the heart being unable to pump enough blood around the body. Symptoms include tiredness, shortness of breath, dizziness and swollen ankles and around 10,000 new cases are diagnosed in Ireland every year. According to Swedish researchers, the current risk of death within five years of a diagnosis of the condition is between 30 and 50%. They set out to investigate what impact exercise could have on this.
Posted on: Tue, 09 Sep 2014 11:30:24 +0000
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