Articles tagged ‘cardiovascular disease’

Eating food fried in olive or sunflower oil is not linked to cardiovascular disease (CVD) or premature death, according to findings from a paper published recently on bmj.com.¹

Diets high in flavonoids may reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) for women with type 2 diabetes, according to a new study by the University of East Anglia (UEA).¹

An ESC Congress study¹ looked at the effects of laughter on arterial blood flow. Researchers measured the diameter of the brachial artery in 20 non-smoking, healthy men and women who on one day watched clips of comedy films, and on another watched the stressful opening sequence of Saving Private Ryan.

The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) has announced an educational programme at the 22nd Great Wall International Congress of Cardiology, held in Beijing from the 15–16th October, to help reduce the mortality rate due to cardiovascular disease (CVD) in China, now amongst the highest in the world.¹

World Heart Day took place on 29 September 2011, with a theme of ‘One World, One Home, One Heart’. Organised by the World Heart Federation, it focused on the home as a focal point for establishing healthy lifestyle habits which have a lasting impact on the whole family.

A novel test can use a single spot of blood to determine how much medication is in the body, in order to monitor patients suffering with cardiovascular disease (CVD). The test has been pioneered by doctors from De Montfort University, Leicester.

An educational programme to combat high mortality rates from cardiovascular disease (CVD) in Brazil was unveiled recently by the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), at the 66th Annual Congress of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology (BSC), held in Porto Alegre, Brazil.

Xanthelasmata around the upper or lower eyelids are markers of an individual’s increased risk of myocardial infarction (MI) or suffering from cardiovascular disease (CVD), according to research¹ published recently on bmj.com.



The introduction of legislation that restricts unhealthy food, for example by reducing salt content and eliminating industrial trans fats, would prevent thousands of cases of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in England and Wales and save the NHS millions of pounds, according to research published recently on bmj.com.

The first European guidelines specifically focused on managing dyslipidemias have been developed by researchers from the European Atherosclerosis Society (EAS) and European Society of Cardiology (ESC).^1,2 In particular the guidelines highlight how statin treatment reduces the risk of stroke in elderly patients.