New Strategy for Treating High Blood Pressure
The key to treating blood pressure might lie in people who are “resistant” to developing high blood pressure even when…
Heart & Lung
Nutrional Risks Replace Smoking as Society’s “Biggest Killer”
Non-communicable diseases such as diabetes, cancer, obesity, Alzheimer’s and coronary disease accounted for the single-largest burden on the public purse…
Children from Deprived Areas Six Times More Exposed to Tobacco Retail
Children from the most income deprived areas experienced similar exposure to tobacco retailing in one day as children from the…
Love your Lungs
Dr Nick Hopkinson – medical director at the British Lung Foundation This Love your lungs week (17-23 June) the British…
Opioid analgesics increase the risk of pneumonia among persons with Alzheimer’s disease
Opioid analgesics were associated with a 30% increase in the risk of pneumonia in persons with Alzheimer’s disease, a recent…
Long Term Health Effects of Armed Conflict
Living in a warzone is linked with an increased risk of heart attack and stroke among civilians, even years after…
Sudden Cardiac Death – Number One Killer in the UK
29 May 2019 - Chipping Norton, UK - World Heart Rhythm Week, the brainchild of Arrhythmia Alliance, is highlighting the…
Shift work increases diabetes and heart disease risk
With over 20% of the population in industrial countries engaging shift work – in sectors such as healthcare and transportation…
Researchers discover new method of treating major eye diseases
WHO estimates that in 2010 there were 285 million people visually impaired, of which 39 million were blind This new…
Vaping can help people quit cigarettes
Smoking is one of the hardest addictions to quit. For many people, it takes lots of tries to stop smoking…