Regular walking may protect against heart failure: Study

Walking for at least 40 minutes several times per week at an average to fast pace is associated with a near 25 per cent drop in the risk of heart failure among post-menopausal women, according to a study.
 

The benefit appears to be consistent regardless of a woman’s body weight or whether she engages in other forms of exercise besides walking.
 

About 6.5 million adults have heart failure, a condition in which the heart becomes too weak to pump enough blood to meet the body’s needs, researchers said. The risk of heart failure rises with age; women 75-84 years of