A one-size-fits-all approach may not be best for treating cardiovascular disease. Taking sex chromosomes into account could make for more effective and equitable care.
Heart disease can change the genetic structure of heart cells. Understanding the role that mechanical forces play in these changes could lead to improvements in artificial tissue design.
Every cup of coffee is different.
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ECMO uses an artificial heart and lung to replace the entire function of the person’s own heart and lungs outside the body. And COVID is demanding more ECMO than we’ve ever used before.
Targets for diabetes would improve healthy lives, reduce deaths, and be cost effective. But they should not be for managing diabetes alone; they must include treating hypertension.
Some people turn to a vegan diet in the hopes it will benefit their heart health.
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Cutting out dairy, eggs and meat is thought to prevent and reverse heart disease. But as our latest study shows, the evidence doesn’t back this claim up.
High blood pressure in South Africa is expected to increase as the population ages.
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Current blood pressure targets are based on information from high-income countries. This might mean that these targets are not ideal for South Africans.
The workplace can make a big contribution to behaviour change.
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Our study is the first to directly show that swimming, aqua-aerobics and other water workouts offer as many benefits to cardiovascular health as exercising in a gym.
Done properly, cardiac rehab can increase quality of life, and lower the risk of future harm.
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New research suggests cardiac rehab programmes may not be carried out as intended.
Surfers walk on the beach while the fire continues to blaze on the mountains behind them in 2015 in Cape Town, South Africa.
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Until now, the interaction of temperature and air pollution and its contribution to these diseases hasn’t been studied conclusively in South Africa - or anywhere on the African continent.
Researchers have been trying to understand a possible link between blood pressure medications and COVID-19.
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The use of antihypertension medication during the coronavirus pandemic has been a subject of hot debate but people should be cautious about simple conclusions.