Articles tagged ‘prevention’

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.

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.

The NHS is leading the way with its system of monitoring patients’ risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) while in hospital and ensuring appropriate prevention measures, Health Minister Lord Howe said, recently.

The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) has welcomed the publication of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) public health guidance on prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD) at the population level in UK.

New research published in the New England Journal of Medicine (1) quantifies for the first time the annual number of new cases of coronary heart disease (CHD) , stroke and Myocardial Infarction( MI) that could be prevented by populations reducing daily intakes of salt.


Drinking more coffee (regular or decaffeinated) or tea appears to lower the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, according to an analysis of previous studies reported in Archives of Internal Medicine, JAMA (1).