HEALTH NOTES: Brownlee brothers help sock it to DVT
The Brownlees captured hearts when elder brother Alistair famously helped carry exhausted sibling Jonny over the finish line at the World Triathlon Series in Mexico last year. Now the Olympic medallists are highlighting the importance of proper support… but this time in a campaign for elasticated flight socks.
The Isobar Compression Socks are worn to help circulation in the legs and reduce the risk of deep-vein thrombosis (DVT) – blood clots in the leg veins that can travel to the heart and lungs – when flying.
The triathletes’ parents are GPs and double Olympic champion Alistair, 28, asaid: ‘Coming from a medical family, we know the chance of getting a DVT is not worth the risk and could end our careers.’ Jonny, 26, added: ‘These work really well.’
The Isobar Compression Socks are worn to help circulation in the legs and reduce the risk of deep-vein thrombosis
Omega-3 plays a key role in heart health
One in seven middle-aged women are at ‘high risk’ of heart disease because they are not eating enough oily fish, a study has found.
Researchers at the University of Hanover in Germany analysed blood levels of healthy fatty acid omega-3 in 446 women aged between 40 and 60.
They found that nine per cent had such low levels that they were considered at high risk of heart disease.
Provided by salmon, mackerel and other oily fish as well as some seeds, omega-3 fats play a key role in cardiovascular and heart health, as well as the nervous system and brain function.
- water-for-health.co.uk/omega3
Karate classes may be a way to ease the ravages of cancer treatment in children, according to a US study.
Researchers at Wayne State University in Detroit found that practising a range of martial arts – which also included tae kwon do and t’ai chi – helped increase flexibility and mental focus as well as decreasing stress and anxiety.
The study looked at 64 paediatric patients over 223 martial-arts sessions and found that 85 per cent of them who had previously reported pain reported a decrease in discomfort by an average of 40 per cent after the sessions.
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