A brisk walk instead of a casual stroll can cut a woman's heart failure risk ...
A brisk walk instead of a casual stroll can cut a woman's heart failure risk buy a THIRD, research suggests Researchers looked at 25,000 women over 17 years to study heart failure It found post-menopausal women who walk fast are less likely to get heart failure
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Walking briskly instead of dawdling could reduce the risk of suffering heart failure by a third for older women.
There are 60,000 cases of heart failure a year in the UK and the long-term condition can severely limit everyday activities as it causes severe fatigue and breathlessness.
Now a study has found that post-menopausal women who walk fast are much less likely to develop the condition.
Researchers looked at more than 25,000 women aged 50 to 79, who were followed up for an average of almost 17 years.
Brisk walks have been found to correlate with a lower chance of developing heart failure
During this time, 1,455 of them
