Age related diseases including coronary artery disease and heart failure are still major health concerns in the UK, despite the fact that they are both preventable and treatable. The latest figures show that In the UK, one in eight men and one in 14 women die from coronary heart disease. Living with heart failure is becoming increasingly common. Around 920,000 suffer from heart failure and there are 200,000 new cases annually in the UK, due to an ageing population and improved survival rates after a heart attacks. This is worrying, especially as the death rate for heart disease was in
Age-related diseases on the rise as seen on The Hippocratic Post.