How to manage a heart attack alone
How would you manage a heart attack if you were on your own? According to the British Heart Foundation UK statistics, someone is taken to hospital...
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Age no criteria for heart attack treatment
Age no criteria for decisions on heart attack treatment, new research finds: Elderly patients suffering the most common type of heart attack may benefit from...
Plant-based diet shown to lower blood pressure
A diet rich in plant-based foods can include a limited amount of animal products and still improve blood pressure, new research from University of Warwick...
Heart Attacks in Women: Not Just A Man’s Problem
Heart attacks in women: The British Heart Foundation are campaigning for more people to recognise the signs and symptoms of heart attacks in women. Many...
How To Use A Defibrillator
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New drug alternative to statins
A new class of oral cholesterol-lowering drug could help patients unable to take statins due to side effects, according to a study published recently in...
Better way to deliver cardiac stem cell treatment
New research published in The Journal of Physiology has indicated a potential new stem cell treatment following a heart attack, by encouraging the regeneration of...
Christmas feasting a heart attack risk
We all like to over indulge at Christmas and most of us can get away with feasting on delicious turkey, mince pies, brandy cream and...
Would you use a public access defibrillator?
All around the country - in health centres, schools and even old phone boxes - public access defibrillators are being installed to help people treat...
Missing early signs of heart attack
Heart attack symptoms may have been missed in one in six heart attack patients admitted to hospital in England who later died, according to a...
