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Surprising ways to get your 5-a-day
Getting your 5-a-day can help reduce your risk of heart and circulatory diseases. Read about five easy and tasty ways to eat more fruit and vegetables in your diet.
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Developing a scanning technique to detect damage after a heart attackUniversity of Edinburgh | Dr Maurits Jansen
Identifying the extent and type of damage to heart tissue after a heart attack is important to help cardiologists decide the best treatment. Rapid and appropriate treatment of heart-attack patients is vital in trying to ensure a successful ...
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NICE recommends statins should be a choice for more people to prevent heart attacks and strokes
New draft guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has recommended that more people can be considered for statins to reduce their risk of having a heart attack or stroke.
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Top tips on donating to charity shops after a declutter
We give some insider tips on how to donate your pre-loved items to charity after a declutter.
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Predicting and preventing brain haemorrhage in people taking warfarin after stroke caused by atrial fibrillationUniversity College London | Professor David Werring
Atrial fibrillation is a condition where the heart beats irregularly, which can lead to a clot forming in the heart chambers. This clot can travel up to block a blood vessel in the brain, causing a stroke. After this type of stroke warfarin...
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Transient ischaemic attack (TIA): what is a mini stroke?
You may have heard of a mini stroke or 'TIA', but what exactly is it? We speak to an expert to find out.
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A trial of inhaled frusemide for advanced heart failureOxford Brookes University | Dr Shakeeb Moosavi
This clinical trial will investigate whether an inhaled form of frusemide provides relief from breathlessness in patients with advanced heart failure. People living with heart failure have symptoms such as breathlessness and tiredness b...
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Investigating new ways to prevent thrombosisUniversity of Cambridge | Dr Stephanie Jung
Many types of heart and circulatory disease occur because of the build-up of dangerous ‘fatty’ plaques in the walls of blood vessels. During this process blood cells and fatty material become trapped in an area of the vessel wall. Some plaq...
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Researchers develop new scan to predict stroke
Researchers at the University of Oxford have developed a new type of MRI scan to predict the risk of having a stroke, thanks to funding from the British Heart Foundation.
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Testing a new diagnosis tool to prevent fatal heart attacksKing's College London | Professor Divaka Perera
Any of the arteries in the heart can become narrowed and prone to blockages, which can lead to a heart attack. However, when the left main coronary artery (LMCA) becomes blocked, this is more likely to cause a heart attack that is fatal. ...