Legal & General has taken the opportunity to remind Britons of the risks confronting our main organ, the heart.
The health insurer warns that heart attacks do not only affect older people – as many as 460,000 people under the age of 65 have suffered a heart attack in the UK.
The incidence of heart failure among middle-aged and younger people underlines the need for critical illness insurance cover.
Critical illness insurance: News update: February 2007