Combination of drugs could prevent thousands of heart attacks; Patients who receive an add-on medication soon after a heart attack have a significantly better prognosis than those who receive it later, or not all. This is according to a new study from researchers at Lund University in Sweden and Imperial College London. The findings suggest that […]
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Heart Attacks and Cardiac Arrests – What’s the Difference? Advice from the leading UK Provider of Online First Aid Courses. Heart attacks can happen to anyone, of any age. Although they are more likely to occur in older people. In the UK there are over 200,000 hospital visits each year due to heart attacks: that’s […]
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Age related diseases including coronary artery disease and heart failure are still major health concerns in the UK, despite the fact that they are both preventable and treatable. The latest figures show that In the UK, one in eight men and one in 14 women die from coronary heart disease. Living with heart failure is […]
The British Heart Foundation are campaigning for more people to recognise the signs and symptoms of heart attacks in women. Many people have the misconception that heart attacks only happen to men and this has led to thousands of women failing to realise that they are experiencing a heart attack and consequently not seeking the necessary […]
How Common are Heart Attacks? Hospital admission following a heart attack stand at around 100,000 a year in the UK. The earlier someone seeks help if they suspect the are having a heart attack, the better the prognosis. Currently the survival rate is about 7 in 10. However, there are more than 30,000 out-of-hospital cardiac […]
The World Health Organization (WHO) released its first-ever report on the devastating global impact of high blood pressure, along with recommendations on the ways to win the race against this silent killer. The report shows approximately 4 out of every 5 people with hypertension are not adequately treated, but if countries can scale up coverage, […]
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Cytokine APRIL protects from atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease: Heart attacks and strokes are the main causes of death and loss of productive years globally. These clinical complications are caused by atherosclerosis, which is a chronic disease that leads to the accumulation of LDL cholesterol and immune cells in the inner layer of arteries and thereby resulting […]
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Brexit could contribute to thousands more deaths from heart attacks and strokes by 2030, new research has found. In one of the first studies to date to look at the impact of Brexit on food imports and public health, researchers from Imperial College London and the University of Liverpool looked at how varying Brexit scenarios […]
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Intermittent energy restriction diets, such as the 5:2 diet, clears fat from the blood quicker after eating meals than daily calorie restriction diets – reducing an important risk factor for cardiovascular disease, a new study in the British Journal of Nutrition reports. In the first study of its kind, researchers from the University of Surrey […]
Getting enough calcium and vitamin D is crucial for building children’s bones and keeping them strong and healthy as we age. Calcium is also necessary for helping blood clot and teeth. Each day we lose calcium through our sweat, urine, skin, nails and hair but out bodies cannot make new calcium. It is therefore essential […]
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