Early intervention for asthma needed
Early intervention for asthma needed: Frequent GP visits improve health outcomes for children with asthma, however, they are often irregular…
Heart & Lung
End of life heart support in the home
End of life heart support in the home: Heart failure patients can receive at-home treatment in final year of life,…
Smartphone app tracks heart conditions
Smartphone app tracks heart conditions: Healthcare researchers at the University of Wolverhampton are leading a new project to trial a…
Breathing muscles remain stronger even after weeks of no training
Training the breathing muscles (primarily the diaphragm which plays a vital role in breathing) could have longer lasting benefits than…
Low-grade inflammation may cause arterial stiffness in healthy adolescents
Early vascular damage and atherosclerosis in adolescents may be caused by low-grade inflammation, a paper published in the Journal of…
E-cigarette retailers flouting age restrictions
E-cigarette retailers illegally selling nicotine e-liquids, including to underage users, new study says: Tobacconists are the most common source of…
Bupa research indicates 2023’s top health trends
Revealed: 2023’s top health and wellbeing trends – but are they all safe to follow? After a long January, good…
Health economic modelling to support ‘denicotinisation’ of Aotearoa/New Zealand
Health economic modelling to support ‘denicotinisation’ of Aotearoa/New Zealand: Health economic modelling by the Melbourne School of Population and Global…
Sudden cardiac arrest in the young
Cardiac arrest doesn’t only happen to old people. Every week in the UK, 12 seemingly fit and healthy young people,…
Ascending aortic dilatation: Identification of high-risk patients
Prediction of aortic dissection or rupture of the thoracic aortic aneurysm is a challenge, and more accurate identification of high-risk…