ICS 2012 Report – Community management of cardiovascular risk in Stage A/B heart failure: Six month follow up of the COMPARE-HF cohort
by Edel O’Connell reporting on the presentation by Dr. Stephen Horgan.
by Edel O’Connell reporting on the presentation by Dr. Stephen Horgan.
by Edel O’Connell – CARDIAC medicine has come a long way in 50 years but the dual pressures of cutbacks in the health service and an increased sedentary… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester – Obese persons with excess visceral fat appear to be at an increased risk of developing Type 2 diabetes,
by Maria Dalby – It is possible to modulate the body’s immune system by altering the gut microbiota, simply by changing the diet.
by Maria Dalby – Introduction – In many ways waiting lists to receive an organ transplantation look very much the same today as they did a decade ago… read more.
Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers in men and early treatment is usually very successful. However, like other cancers, obesity increases the risk of aggressive… read more.
Metformin, a drug widely used to treat Type II diabetes, may help to prevent primary liver cancer
by Bruce Sylvester – Normal weight persons with weight concentrated in their belly run a higher death risk of CVD-related death than obese-only individuals, researchers reported at ESC.
by Zara Qadir – Patients who resume smoking after a stroke increase their risk of death by three-fold, according to research presented at ESC Congress 2012 by Professor… read more.
by Zara Qadir – BMI still offers a simple numeric measure of a person’s “thickness” or “thinness”. However, normal weight individuals who carry weight concentrated in their belly… read more.
by Zara Qadir – ESC Geoffrey Rose Lecture on Population Sciences. The recipient of the ‘ESC Geoffrey Rose Lecture on Population Sciences’ went to Rory Collins (pictured), who… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester – Obese persons who are metabolically healthy and fit have no more risk of developing or dying from cardiovascular disease or cancer than persons of… read more.
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