Heart Health: Habits To Add To Your Daily Routine
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What is angina?
Angina is the term used for chest pain or chest heaviness that is due to a narrowing within one or more of your coronary arteries.
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What is Coronary Artery Disease?
What is Coronary Artery Disease? DR RASHA AL-LAMEE Dr Rasha Al-Lamee is an Interventional Cardiology Consultant at...
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Heart health – world heart day
each day, the heart beats around 100,000 times a day, continuously pumping around 5 litres of blood...
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Chest pains: could it be your heart?
Chest pain is a very common symptom. Most of us will experience at least once in our...
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What is Atrial Fibrillation?
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common abnormal heart rhythm, especially with the increasing..
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Palpitation and extra heartbeats
Dr Ricardo Petraco is a Consultant Cardiologist at Imperial College NHS Trust and Buckinghamshire…
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What to eat if you have, or want to prevent, heart disease
Many people ask, what can I do to reduce my risk of developing heart disease? Another common...
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Understanding heart attacks : causes symptoms and prevention
UNDERSTANDING HEART ATTACKS: CAUSES, SYMPTOMS AND PREVENTION DR CHARIS COSTOPOULOS AUGUST 2023 WHAT IS A HEART ATTACK?...
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Is coffee good for the heart?
Many of us love to start our day with a coffee, with the popular caffeine hit perking...
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World Stroke Day 2019
Over our lifetimes, 1 in 4 of us will suffer a stroke. Strokes can happen with no...
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World Heart Day 2019
Celebrated on the 27th of September, World Heart Day aims to raise awareness of the importance of...
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What causes high blood pressure?
Our blood pressure is a measurement of the force at which the blood pushes against the...
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Which sport can best improve your heart health?
Physical exercise is well known to benefit cardiovascular health. And if you are going to exercise, why...
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Palpitations: Something to Worry About?
Palpitations refer to a cardiovascular condition when your heart feels like it is beating too fast or...
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PTSD and the heart
PTSD Awareness Month June is the month in which we recognise and raise awareness of a condition...
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Sitting ducks: How your desk job can affect your heart health
Recent reports have shown that sitting, regardless of if you have an adequate fitness regime, significantly increases...
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The head and the heart: Mental health and heart disease
With 1 in 5 people admitting to having suffered from or currently being treated for a mental...
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Targeted health checks can better prevent heart attacks and strokes
Cardiovascular disease continues to be one of the major killers in the UK. Risk assessment and modification...
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How walking affects heart health
Experts appear unanimous that even a small amount of walking – as little as 30 minutes a...
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Keep positive and protect yourself from a heart attack
Our psychological well-being can affect our heart health. Research has shown the benefits of having a positive...
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Do fitness trackers improve my heart health?
You might have spotted more people in your local gym or park wearing fitness trackers in recent...
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Keyhole vs open heart surgery: gamechanging trial on aortic stenosis
Aortic stenosis is a condition in which the valve between the main pumping chamber of the heart...
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How sleep affects heart health
How are you sleeping these days? Getting an adequate amount of sleep recharges your batteries for the...
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Can drinking tea reduce my risk of a heart attack?
There is much said about the benefits of tea but what is the truth as far as...
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Can eating chocolate be good for my heart?
The British Heart Foundation is running a ‘Dechox’ campaign in February to encourage us to give up...
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Can love lead to a healthy heart?
Love is all you need. Does that apply to your heart health? Can being in love actually...
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Research Article: Guiding intervention to coronary arteries
This study advances our understanding of how coronary artery disease, which is one of the major killers...
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World Cancer Day: Everything you should know about cancer and the heart
World cancer day is on the 4th February. Despite the rapid advances in cancer detection and treatment,...
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How much exercise should I be doing to help my heart?
The recommendations for adults are at least 150 minutes of heart-pumping physical activity per week. That’s at...
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The effects of alcohol on the heart
It’s “Dry January” and many of us will be focused on our alcohol consumption. When we think...
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A high fibre diet is associated with a lower risk of heart disease
Increasing your intake of fibre will reduce your chance of a heart attack according to a large...
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What does heart rate changes with exercise tell you about your risk of future heart disease?
Taking steps to improve your overall fitness and exercise performance will help reduce your risk of heart...
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Women who smoke or have diabetes are ‘more at risk from heart attacks than men’
A study has found that women who smoke or have diabetes are more at risk from heart...
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Transcatheter Aortic Valve Insertion (TAVI)
A minimally invasive operation adding years to life and life to those years!…
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‘Fit Notes’ for Running a Marathon?
Should a ‘fit note’ be compulsory for marathon runners?
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