HEALTH NOTES: People with kidney disease are 70% more likely to develop dementia, study finds - Daily Mail

People with kidney disease are 70 per cent more likely to develop dementia, a major study has found.

People with kidney disease are 70 per cent more likely to develop dementia, a major study has found (file photo).

If you have mild Covid-19 infection, you won’t suffer the long-term heart problems seen in those who are hospitalised, according to a British Heart Foundation study. 

Experts have identified lasting damage – caused by a lack of oxygen from failing lungs, and inflammation – in the hearts of up to half of those hospitalised with Covid-19, and there was concern that those with milder disease would suffer the same. 

No difference in size of heart muscle or blood-pumping ability was found between those who had had a mild infection and healthy controls

If you have mild Covid-19 infection, you won’t suffer the long-term heart problems seen in those who are hospitalised, according to a British Heart Foundation study (file photo)