Pensioners are more likely to suffer heart failure in the cold weather, a decade-long study has found.
It suggested an increase in elderly people being taken to hospital or dying due to heart failure could be linked to changes in temperature.
Canadian researchers warned that elderly people with heart failure should avoid fog and low cloud in the winter as a preventive measure.
They noted a higher risk of hospitalisation or death in the winter period of the year (October to April) compared to the summer period (May to September).
The findings come as Britain grips itself for foggy nights alongside wet and windy spells after last week’s ‘Indian Summer’.
