By Amy Norton
HealthDay Reporter
MONDAY, Dec. 28, 2020 (HealthDay News) Blood pressure readings between the two arms can be different, and that disparity can sometimes be a warning sign of heart trouble down the road.
That s the finding of an analysis of 24 past studies: When people have at least a 5-point difference in blood pressure between the two arms, their risk of heart attack, stroke or premature death inches up. And the greater the difference, the more those risks climb.
Experts said the findings give more support to something that s been advocated, but not commonly done by doctors and nurses: Checking patients blood pressure in both arms.
One in five coronavirus sufferers will develop long covid (PA Wire) Around one in five people with coronavirus may go on to suffer long Covid, new data suggests. Long covid is the term used to describe effects suffered beyond the initial illness of Covid-19. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has published figures examining long Covid, finding that a fifth of people have symptoms for five weeks or more while around one in 10 are affected for 12 weeks or more. Overall, around 186,000 people in private households in England in the week beginning November 22 were living with Covid-19 symptoms that had persisted for between five and 12 weeks, the ONS said.