Every week, 12 apparently fit and healthy young (aged 35 and under) people in the UK die from a previously undiagnosed heart condition. In 80% of cases, there will have been no signs or symptoms. The British Heart Foundation estimates that there may be as many as 620,000 people with undiagnosed heart problems. It is […]
Although suffering an abdominal aortic aneurysm is four to six times more common in men than women, mortality rates for women undergoing surgery for an abdominal aortic aneurysms is nearly twice as much as those for men, a new study has found. The findings, published in The Lancet, show women fare worse than men at […]
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Dr Javid Abdelmoneim travelled to Haiti in 2010 to assist in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake. In the midst of the mayhem, a patient handed him a letter that would change his life. Six years on and still coming to terms with the death and destruction he’d witnessed, Javid sat down to write a […]
The holidays are just around the corner and thousands of us will be heading to warmer climes for a relaxing break – but don’t become a victim of Holiday Heart Syndrome. This is the serious heart condition brought on by too much ‘holiday mood’ including binge drinking and exposure to excessive heat. It is thought […]
News that knife crime convictions in England and Wales are at a record high – courts dealt with 19,000 cases in 2016 with increases driven by juvenile offenders – has reignited the debate about whether the population should be routinely ‘upskilled’ when it comes to first aid. In particular, there is discussion about the whether […]
Learn how to give hands only CPR in this short video with Vinnie Jones from the British Heart Foundation. #RestartAHeart https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxhK_uHS0EE&sns=em […]
Heart attack symptoms may have been missed in one in six heart attack patients admitted to hospital in England who later died, according to a new study published in The Lancet Public Health. The authors, from Imperial College London, say more research is urgently needed to establish whether it is possible to predict the risk […]
Five years ago, I was very excited about the future of digital healthcare and telemedicine. Today, I take a more nuanced view. In my opinion, digital healthcare, in all its guises ranging from apps to improve lifestyle choices, to home monitoring devices which allow clinicians to follow vital signs of patients without face to face […]
Familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) is much more common than people realise. We now know that it probably affects around one in 250 people in the UK, which is twice the estimate of a few years ago. To give you a sense of scale, that means it is similar to the numbers of cases of childhood type […]
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Children need to know the warning signs of diabetes, says charity Diabetes UK. Easy to remember, the 4Ts will help them and their parents identify when there may be a problem. […]