How’s your Quality of Life? Many people work on the principle that they would rather not know about any underlying or sinister medical conditions they may have. After all, we are all going to die one day, aren’t we? I have always said that despite all advances in medical science, the death rate will always be the same – one per person! But wouldn’t you rather have pleasant final years than ones with poor health, infirmity and aches and pains? And since by the time you are into the final straight and looking for the finish line, it would also be better if your partner was also in good health, surely. The guiding principle behind check-ups is to find deviations from normal health patterns at an early stage. Early enough that the trend can be reversed, before damage has occurred. Examples of this include Blood Pressure (BP), as high BP can affect many organs in the body, not just the heart. But an elevated BP generally gives no warning symptoms. Another example is bl
