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ICS 2012 Report – The hidden truth – Stage B heart failure in diabetics and the overweight

Written by | 31 Oct 2012

by Edel O’Connell reporting on a presentation by Dr. Gillian Murtagh.

ICS 2012 Report – Community management of cardiovascular risk in Stage A/B heart failure: Six month follow up of the COMPARE-HF cohort

Written by | 31 Oct 2012

by Edel O’Connell reporting on the presentation by Dr. Stephen Horgan.

ICS 2012 Report ‘‘Next Monday, you are Minister for Health. Now what?’’

Written by | 31 Oct 2012

by Edel O’Connell reporting on the Stokes Lecture by Professor Ian Graham.

ICS 2012 – Interview with the President of the Irish Cardiac Society Dr Donal Murray, Sligo General Hospital

Written by | 31 Oct 2012

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.

Obese persons with excess visceral fat have increased risk of diabetes

Written by | 26 Oct 2012

by Bruce Sylvester – Obese persons with excess visceral fat appear to be at an increased risk of developing Type 2 diabetes,

Breast screening study sparks controversy

Written by | 26 Oct 2012

by Gary Finnegan – World Health Matters (Sweden) – Breast cancer screening has limited or no impact on breast cancer mortality among women aged 40-69, according to a… read more.

ITS 2012 Report – Difficult donor issues in the time of donor shortages

Written by | 5 Oct 2012

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.

Obesity promotes prostate cancer by altering gene regulation

Written by | 28 Sep 2012

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 may help to prevent primary liver cancer

Written by | 28 Sep 2012

Metformin, a drug widely used to treat Type II diabetes, may help to prevent primary liver cancer

ESC 2012 Report – Normal weight and belly fat spells higher risk of CVD than obesity only

Written by | 17 Sep 2012

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.

ESC 2012 Report – Normal weight individuals with belly fat at highest CVD risk

Written by | 17 Sep 2012

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.

ESC 2012 Report – Metabolically healthy, fit obese persons appear to have normal CVD and cancer risks

Written by | 17 Sep 2012

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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