Targeted lung health check letter
What to do if you receive a letter inviting you for a targeted lung health check: Lung cancer is the UK’s biggest cancer killer. It...
Heart & Lung
The Heart & Lung section explores heart and lung health, covering topics like personal lung cancer experiences, WHO’s anti-smoking strategies, heart attack awareness in women, and hypertension’s impact. It also highlights technological advancements in heart failure detection, strategies to reduce stroke risk, and the role of vitamin D in preventing atrial fibrillation. This section emphasizes the importance of comprehensive health awareness and innovative treatments in heart and lung care.
Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease
A new study from the University of Eastern Finland finds gaps and gender differences in current type 2 diabetes management. Type 2 diabetes is often...
Women with long COVID-19
Women with long COVID experience heart rate irregularities in response to physical exertion, and this has the potential to constrain not only exercise tolerance but...
Arterial stiffness in adolescence
Arterial stiffness is a novel risk factor to be targeted for preventing and treating hypertension and obesity from a young age, a new study published...
Air quality in London has improved
Air quality in London has improved but the ULEZ had only a small effect, finds study. London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) reduced the city’s...
Showcasing the best practice in AF
Showcasing best practice in AF - charity publishes new report to mark the start of Global AF Aware Week: Published today, The AF Association Healthcare...
Anticoagulant has benefits for COVID-19 patients
Anticoagulant has beneficial side-effects for COVID-19 patients: Clotting problems and resulting complications are common in COVID-19 patients. Researchers at the Medical University of Vienna have...
Stroke prevention in dialysis patients
Dialysis patients: need for optimisation of stroke prevention: The anticoagulants currently used to prevent strokes in dialysis patients with atrial fibrillation do not provide adequate...
No More Time to Lose warns AF Association
People living with a potentially fatal heart rhythm disorder known as Atrial Fibrillation (AF) are missing out or are struggling to access treatment due to...
Living with SVT – supraventricular tachycardia
Living with SVT - supraventricular tachycardia: Leading clinicians from Harvard Medical School, Duke University Medical Center and University of Utah Medical School recognized as Pioneers...
