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Heart attack blood test allows healthy patients to go home earlier
An early rule-out pathway for heart attack reduces length of stay and hospital admissions according to research presented at the European Society of Cardiology conference in Paris.
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Find out if you have a healthy diet – take our quick quiz
Wondering how good your diet is? Answer 12 simple questions to learn what you need to eat more of, and where you need to cut back.
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How to make pies more heart-healthy
Pies are a popular, though rarely heart-healthy, comfort food. But with a few changes even those with heart and circulatory disease can enjoy them.
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From ‘one size fits all’ to personalised medicine in anti-platelet therapiesUniversity of Reading | Professor Jonathan Gibbins
Researchers in Reading are developing new tests they hope could predict how individuals will respond to anti-platelet drugs. Platelets are cells in the blood that trigger blood clotting. They protect us from excessive bleeding after inju...
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Alternative ways to treat pulmonary hypertensionImperial College London | Professor Ian Adcock
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is abnormally high blood pressure in the arteries carrying blood to the lungs, causing damage to the right side of the heart. Symptoms include breathlessness or tiredness. The condition can lead to deat...
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Getting through tough times as a team: Helen and Maddy’s story
A heart condition doesn’t only affect the person who has it. Mother and daughter Helen and Maddy describe how Helen’s cardiac arrest affected their lives.
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Statins link to better heart structure and function
Statins are associated with improved heart structure and function, according to research presented at the EuroCMR conference in Prague.
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How joy affects health: is laughter the best medicine?
Laughing is not only enjoyable, it can also be heart-friendly. So is laughter the best medicine after all? Find out how joy affects health and wellbeing.
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Educating teenagers to improve their heart health and that of future generationsUniversity of Southampton | Professor Mark Hanson
Heart and circulatory disease causes a significant number of deaths, every year in the UK. New ways to encourage people to follow a healthy lifestyle in the long term could have huge benefits for health, and that of future generations. ...
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How collagen helps the blood to clotUniversity of Cambridge | Professor Richard Farndale
Collagen is a structural protein of the blood vessel wall, which is normally concealed beneath the cells that line the blood vessel inner walls. When the blood vessel becomes injured, collagen is exposed and attracts cells called platelets ...