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An expert’s guide to the five exercises that could reduce your risk of a heart attack

An expert’s guide to the five exercises that could reduce your risk of a heart attack

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the Well Enough newsletter with Harry Bullmore for tips on living a healthier, happier and longer life Get the Well Enough email with Harry Bullmore Get the Well Enough email with Harry Bullmore Having stronger back and chest muscles could significantly reduce the risk of heart attacks, according to new research. The study, published in the journal Radiology, used artificial intelligence to analyse scan images from 1,722 adults over a 10-year period. Participants were involved in the Scottish Computed Tomography of the Heart trial. Researchers found those with below-average muscle mass had an 85 per cent higher risk of death and a 58 per cent higher risk of a heart attack during the follow-up period. Professor Michelle Williams, the study’s senior author, said: “It is fascinating that people’s skeletal muscle could be linked to their risk of having a heart attack. “The muscles which show up in the scans we used – coronary computed tomography angiogram scans – are principally the back muscles, part of the pectoral muscles (or pecs) and the intercostal muscles …

UK weather: El Nino raises risk of wetter autumn and flooding across UK | UK News

UK weather: El Nino raises risk of wetter autumn and flooding across UK | UK News

Published by Sam Flores

The UK will experience a greater risk of flooding and a wetter autumn than average, the Met Office has said.   A warm and wet meteorological autumn is around one-and-a-half to two times more likely compared to what would normally be expected, according to forecasters. There is also an increased chance of windy conditions later in the season, with strong El Nino conditions in the Pacific putting the UK at greater risk of a wet, stormy autumn. The El Nino phenomenon takes place when sea-surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific rise above average, which can have a knock-on effect on weather in Europe. You need javascript enabled to view this content Enable javascript to share Share Sky’s Tom Clarke explains the El Nino phenomenon. One of the strongest El Nino events is expected to develop, with the current phenomenon already at near-record levels. These events are typically associated with warmer, wetter and stormier conditions across the UK during late autumn and early winter. This is largely consistent with the most recent seasonal outlook, the Met …

Does Melatonin Raise the Risk of Heart Failure?

Does Melatonin Raise the Risk of Heart Failure?

Published by Jenni Sidey

Melatonin is widely used as a sleep aid, with its regulatory status varying between countries. That made a conference abstract presented at the American Heart Association’s 2025 Scientific Sessions particularly alarming. The researchers reported that adults with insomnia whose medical records indicated at least a year of melatonin use had an 89 percent higher hazard of developing heart failure over the following five years. The abstract analyzed 130,828 adults with insomnia using electronic health records from the TriNetX Global Research Network. Half had at least 365 days of recorded melatonin exposure, while the other half had no melatonin exposure recorded. Heart failure occurred in 4.6 percent of the melatonin group compared with 2.7 percent of the comparison group. The researchers also reported higher rates of heart failure hospitalization and death from any cause among people with recorded melatonin use. The numbers are striking, but because the analysis was observational, they cannot establish that melatonin caused the higher rate of heart failure. The findings also raise questions about how accurately the recorded exposure reflects actual melatonin …

Morgan Stanley: Oil Traders Are “More Precise” With Risk As Wars Drag On

Morgan Stanley: Oil Traders Are “More Precise” With Risk As Wars Drag On

Published by Jenni Sidey

By Michael Kern of OilPrice.com Uncertainty about how the wars in Iran and Ukraine will unfold is keeping many traders away from taking positions in longer-dated futures contracts, according to Morgan Stanley. Most traders have now moved to bet on futures prices within a three to six-month period, instead of longer-dated futures contracts, as volatility has spiked and uncertainty has grown regarding where the wars are going and how much they would continue to impact the global oil market. “People have been more precise with their risk,” Brendan Ross, Co-Head Global Oil Trading at Morgan Stanley, said at the Asia Pacific Petroleum Conference in Singapore on Wednesday, as carried by Bloomberg. “They’ve decided what they really want and what’s an unexpected bleed,” Ross added. Many traders are ditching too risky bets and are piling up in near-dated futures contracts as they don’t want to be caught on the wrong side of the longer-dated bets amid high uncertainty about the Iran and Ukraine wars, according to the expert. This shift into near-dated futures has sapped liquidity …

Drinking very hot tea and coffee can triple your risk of cancer, Oxford study finds

Drinking very hot tea and coffee can triple your risk of cancer, Oxford study finds

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email A major University of Oxford study of almost one million UK adults has found that drinking very hot tea and coffee may increase the risk of oesophageal cancer. Financed by Cancer Research UK, researchers analysed data gathered from across the nation and established clear evidence connecting hot drinks to the disease, although the overall threat remains very minimal. While prior studies have pointed to a similar correlation, this latest project provides the most thorough examination of the issue to date. Participants who reported enjoying hot drinks faced roughly 1.7 times the cancer risk of those who preferred warm beverages. That figure rose to approximately three times the risk for individuals who drank them very hot. Consuming six or more hot beverages daily also elevated the likelihood compared to drinking fewer than six per day. Although exact temperatures went unrecorded in the study, the International Agency …

Drinking very hot tea and coffee can triple your risk of cancer, Oxford study finds

Let your cuppa cool down before drinking to avoid increasing risk of cancer, UK study warns

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Drinking very hot beverages increases the risk of developing oesophageal cancer, the largest study into the subject has found. Financed by Cancer Research UK, researchers analysed data gathered from across the nation and established clear evidence connecting hot drinks to the disease, although the overall threat remains very minimal. While prior studies have pointed to a similar correlation, this latest project provides the most thorough examination of the issue to date. Participants who reported enjoying hot drinks faced roughly 1.7 times the cancer risk of those who preferred warm beverages. That figure rose to approximately three times the risk for individuals who drank them very hot. Consuming six or more hot beverages daily also elevated the likelihood compared to drinking fewer than six per day. Although exact temperatures went unrecorded in the study, the International Agency for Research on Cancer declared beverages above 65C as …

Drinking very hot drinks could triple risk of oesophageal cancer, study finds | Cancer

Drinking very hot drinks could triple risk of oesophageal cancer, study finds | Cancer

Published by Sam Flores

Drinking very hot tea and coffee triples the risk of developing cancer of the gullet, the world’s largest study of the link between them has found. The findings show that people should let very hot cups of tea and coffee cool down until they are comfortable to drink, in order to reduce their risk of the disease, cancer experts said. The temperature of the drink and the number of very hot drinks someone consumes increase the chances of getting oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), the research found. However, hot drinks do not heighten the risk of getting adenocarcinoma (AC), the other form of oesophageal cancer. “Consumption of drinks at a ‘very hot’ versus ‘warm’ temperature was associated with a threefold greater SCC risk but not with AC risk, after adjustment for consumption frequency”, according to the study, which was published on Wednesday in the International Journal of Cancer. “After controlling for drink temperature, daily consumption of six or more versus fewer than six hot drinks was associated with a 71% increase in SCC risk, with …

FIA President Ben Sulayem Says F1 Drivers and Teams Won’t Be Put ‘At Risk’ Over Middle East Events

FIA President Ben Sulayem Says F1 Drivers and Teams Won’t Be Put ‘At Risk’ Over Middle East Events

Published by Sam Flores

MONZA, Italy (AP) — FIA President Mohammed Ben Sulayem has defended the wait for clarity over how this year’s Formula 1 season will end amid uncertainty over the Middle East security situation but tells The Associated Press that drivers and team staff will not be put “at risk.” The F1 season is still scheduled to end Qatar Grand Prix on Nov. 29 and the season finale in Abu Dhabi on Dec. 6, but F1 has been examining potential alternative venues. A replacement finale at the Imola circuit in Italy is widely considered the likeliest option. Ben Sulayem told the AP it remains “business as usual. We are not changing anything unless we have to,” and said he’s in regular communication with F1 chief executive Stefano Domenicali. “Being from that part of the world, we can’t jump the gun and just say, that’s it, we are canceling and then cancel,” he added. “Are we going to allow our people, our staff, the drivers or the teams to go at risk? No, of course not. We will …

Chocolatey Eyeballs Halloween Candy Recalled Over Allergy Risk

Chocolatey Eyeballs Halloween Candy Recalled Over Allergy Risk

Published by Sam Flores

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