If, like me, you’re middle aged, last week’s study from University College London providing “concerning new evidence” that in midlife over a third of us suffer from multiple long-term health problems probably struck a chord. I’m at the sprightly age of 52, but today’s iteration of back pain is making me shake. My hips feel like sandstone grinding on flint most mornings, so I’m guessing arthritis. The UCL research, published in the journal BMC Public Health, found that chronic back pain, high blood pressure, diabetes, asthma, arthritis, mental ill health and high-risk alcohol consumption were prevalent in adults in their late forties. The findings were based on data from about 8,000 people who were born in 1970 and underwent medical

Source: The Times August 02, 2021 23:48 UTC