“Arthritis is for old people, right?” This is an outdated view of a spectrum of diseases that affect people of all ages in the population. In the past decade, there has been a revolution in the understanding…
Rigor acadêmico, estilo jornalístico
Todos os artigos de Heart disease
Exibindo 221 - 240 de 282 artigos
The salt debate has filled the pages of health magazines and newspapers for years. From John Swales’ original scepticism in 1988 to the Godlee’s sharp call to reality in 1996, the debate has transcended…
A new Global Cardiovascular Disease Atlas shows that rates of cardiovascular disease are falling in wealthier countries. During the second half of the 20th century, deaths from diseases such as heart attacks…
What we know about statins comes almost entirely from commercial interests. So what we take for knowledge about their harms and benefits is actually information designed to optimise the drug makers’ responsibility…
Nearly 13m more adults in the US will be eligible for statins after new guidelines widened the criteria for use of the drugs to treat high cholesterol and prevent heart attacks and strokes. Using data…
One of the world’s largest clinical cell therapy trials has begun to enroll 3,000 heart attack patients, some of whom will have bone marrow cells extracted with a needle from their hip and fed into their…
Eating dark chocolate appears to improve cardiovascular health, new research shows. Researchers analysed 44 middle-aged overweight…
Abuse of steroids is linked to heart disease in otherwise healthy young men. The study looked at 24 steroid-related deaths…
People in Arab countries are now living longer with less disability, but face a rise in problems related to chronic illness such as heart disease, according to a new paper in The Lancet. With the exception…
Men with mental disorders have a higher risk of developing coronary heart disease. Researchers evaluated more than one million…
People who are obese and have normal blood pressure, cholesterol and blood-sugar readings will still be unhealthy and die sooner compared with people who have a normal body weight, according to researchers…
The application of radio currents can help reduce the level of blood pressure in patients with severe hypertension, according…
Cardiovascular disease (heart attack and stroke) causes the most deaths in Western countries overall and the vast majority of premature deaths. Drugs known as statins have been the cornerstone of how we…
Increased body mass index (BMI) has been found to significantly raise the risk of heart disease – regardless of exercise…
Older men - but not women - who suffer from depression have a greater risk of dying from coronary heart disease, according…
Researchers at University of Sydney’s Brain and Mind Research Institute (BMRI) have found that heart attack survivors who…
Gold is one of our most valuable commodities but its use extends far beyond jewellery and gold bars. It’s a conductive material and is helping us to develop new medical innovations such as specialised…
Millions of people use diclofenac, an over-the-counter painkiller, to relieve pain and inflammation caused by arthritis, backache and other conditions. But on Friday, the UK medicines regulator, the Medicines…
Continuous use of some painkillers can increase the risk of heart attacks by a small but significant amount, a study has…
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy – the strange heart condition that may shed some light on some anecdotal tales about broken hearts.
Principais colaboradores
-
Professor of Medicine, University of Sydney
-
Laureate Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle
-
Program Director of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Accredited Practising Dietitian, University of South Australia
-
Professor of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University
-
Team Head, Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
-
Professor and Director of the Clinical Anatomy Learning Centre, Lancaster University
-
Professor and Personal Chair, Swansea University
-
Senior lecturer in Pharmacology, University of Adelaide
-
Clinical Professorial Research Fellow, School of Public Health, The University of Queensland
-
Associate Professor, Registered Dietitian, Department of Applied Human Nutrition, Faculty of Professional Studies, Mount Saint Vincent University
-
Professor of Public Health Policy, Deakin University
-
Professor of Physical Activity, Lifestyle, and Population Health, University of Sydney
-
Professor and Programme Director, SA MRC Centre for Health Economics and Decision Science - PRICELESS SA (Priority Cost Effective Lessons in Systems Strengthening South Africa), University of the Witwatersrand
-
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Oslo
-
Professor and Laboratory Head of Physical Activity, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute
