Increase fibre content to lower heart disease and diabetes
Increasing the fibre content of everyday UK foods including baked goods, dairy products, soups, smoothies, and dressings, will enable 50%…
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Driving with heart disease: checking fitness to drive
Driving with heart disease: checking fitness to drive: People suffering from various types of cardiovascular disease are subject to a…
Plastic device could reduce risks of treating heart disease
A plastic device that could radically reduce the risks and complications of treating coronary heart disease, is being co-developed by…
WHO: Long working hours increasing deaths
Long working hours increasing deaths from heart disease and stroke: WHO, ILO: Long working hours led to 745 000 deaths…
Peripheral artery disease: Walking can relieve leg pain
Exercise has been used in the treatment of many medical conditions, including heart and lung diseases. But it can also…
Novel biomarkers predict the development of incident heart failure
Researchers at the University of Eastern Finland and Kuopio University Hospital have discovered several new biomarkers that are associated with…
Scoring system screening for “dual” heart disease
Scoring system improves screening for "dual" heart disease: Aortic stenosis, high-grade narrowing of the aortic valve, and cardiac amyloidosis, in…
Australia: Chronic disease and public health failures fuel COVID-19 pandemic
Australia: Chronic disease and public health failures fuel COVID-19 pandemic: Australia was not spared as a 30-year global rise in…
Tobacco breaks hearts from the World Heart Federation
https://youtu.be/iFYjxi39bwU Tobacco use and second-hand smoke exposure are responsible for 1.9 million avoidable deaths from coronary heart disease, or CHD,…
An obese heart is a silent risk
More than a high BMI, an ‘obese heart’ is a silent risk: New research shows that fat tissue around the…
WHO warning on tobacco use
WHO: Tobacco responsible for 20% of deaths from coronary heart disease: Every year, 1.9 million people die from tobacco induced…
$6.5 million for research project on cardiovascular disease
Christoph Binder, Professor of Atherosclerosis Research at MedUni Vienna, is to coordinate an international research network investigating the role of…