Archive for March 2014

Reducing the nation’s blood pressure and cholesterol levels helped prevent over 20,000 people from dying prematurely from coronary heart disease according to a new study. Between 2000 and 2007 deaths from coronary heart disease in England fell by 38,000. Around 20,400 of those were attributable to reducing the population’s blood pressure and cholesterol levels. The…

Having high cholesterol in your 30s and 40s could have a long-term impact on your heart health, according to a study. Research, published in the American Heart Association journal Circulation, found that for every decade you have elevated cholesterol between the ages of 35 and 55, your future risk of heart disease may increase by…

February is Heart Month and this year the British Heart Foundation are urging people to take at least 10 minutes a day to help improve their own heart health as well as support their annual fundraiser, Wear it. Beat it. There are currently seven million people in the UK living with cardiovascular disease, which includes…

Unexplained blackouts are still a clinical problem because symptoms are intermittent and unexpected. Ambulatory ECG monitors do not always provide the answer.  Longer-term monitoring can be carried out using the Medtronic Reveal® Implantable Monitor.  This small device is a revolutionary breakthrough for the investigation of patients with fainting attacks or other transient symptoms such as…