Everything you need to know about heart health from cardiac arrest and CPR, to heart attacks and high blood pressure. The heart is one of our most vital organs and fundamental to life. We have written so many articles on this amazing organ, here is a review of some of our best: from performing CPR, […]
The consistent undertreatment of women with cardiovascular disease may have led to preventable heart attacks, strokes and even death, according to new research from the University of Aberdeen. In the first study of its kind to look at cardiovascular disease over a long period of time, data from more than 25,000 participants spanning over 25 […]
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Using AI to interpret images from a handheld ultrasound device is comparable at detecting how well the heart pumps as the gold-standard of diagnosis currently used in the NHS. The breakthrough new findings suggest that the use of AI could significantly speed up heart failure diagnosis waiting times. Presented at the European Society of Cardiology […]
Know Your Pulse to Know Your Heart Rhythm – It Could Save Your Life Our Know Your Pulse (KYP) program promotes the need for us to be aware of our pulse and for the need to include routine manual pulse checks. […]
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Leeds Children’s Hospital heart surgeons have performed two scimitar syndrome repairs using an innovative surgical procedure, never-before performed in the UK. Scimitar Syndrome is a rare congenital condition in which a vein from the right lung is abnormally connected to the heart causing oxygenated blood from the lung to return to the wrong side of […]
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New findings on the effects of Covid-19 on the colon: Although SARS-CoV-2 infections mainly attack the lungs, in many cases they can also damage other organs, such as the colon: around 60% of patients experienced digestive tract impacts. Researchers at MedUni Vienna have analysed the manifestations of Covid-19 in the lungs and colon and pinpointed […]
“A defibrillator saved my life” – Three times Ryder Cup Captain, Bernard Gallacher OBE is calling for defibrillators to become as common as smoke alarms after he was saved by one when he suffered a sudden cardiac arrest. Renowned professional golfer and sudden cardiac arrest survivor, Bernard explains “You can be fit, you can go […]
Recurrent pericarditis is a disease characterized by recurring episodes of swelling or inflammation of the fluid filled sac surrounding the heart, the pericardium. […]
Sarah shares her eye-opening research and shows us the miraculous things our bodies are capable of doing, to help us bond better with our communities. Sarah is a Neuroscientist interested in the biological basis of emotion and empathy. Sarah has published a wide range of ground-breaking research, exploring how our body’s signals and sensations can […]
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Aspirin should be favoured over warfarin to prevent blood clotting in children who undergo a surgery that replumbs their hearts, according to a new study. The research, led by the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) and published in The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, will have implications for clinicians when prescribing blood thinning medications after Fontan surgery, […]
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