Food fried in olive or sunflower oil is not linked to heart diseaseThe benefits of cardiac resynchronisation therapy in heart failureNeed for improved links between cardiologists and psychiatrists


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Food fried in olive or sunflower oil is not linked to heart disease

Tuesday 24th January 2012 Eating food fried in olive or sunflower oil is not linked to heart disease or premature death, finds a paper published on bmj.com today.
 
The authors stress, however, that their study took place in Spain, a Mediterranean country where olive or sunflower oil is used for frying and their results would probably not be the same in another country where solid and re-used oils were used for frying.
 
In Western countries, frying is one of the most common methods of cooking.  When food is f…
 

The benefits of cardiac resynchronisation therapy in heart failure

Monday 19th December 2011 : Heart failure remains by far the single biggest reason for acute hospital admission but is stubbornly resistant to treatment. The prognosis for heart failure has been only marginally improved by the introduction of new medical treatments in recent years, with continuing high rates of mortality and morbidity.
 
However, large-scale clinical trials have highlighted the beneficial effect of cardiac resynchronisation therapy (CRT) in the improvement of symptoms and reduction of mortality, and CR…
 

Need for improved links between cardiologists and psychiatrists

Wednesday 16th November 2011: Recommendations  need to be developed to establish which types of antipsychotic drugs and antidepressants should be used in different circumstances."
 
Mental disorder itself was not the reason for the association, but rather  the drugs used to treat these patients that made sudden cardiac death more probable. Sophia Antipolis, 15 November 2011: People taking anti-psychotic drugs and anti-depressant drugs have a much higher risk of dying during an acute coronary event of a fatal …
 

One in six people will have a stroke, but most strokes can be prevented

Saturday 29th October 2011 : The theme of this year's World Stroke Day on 29 October is "One in Six", referring to the facts that one in six people will have a stroke at some point in their lifetime, and that a stroke will be the cause of someone's death every six seconds. These, says the World Stroke Organization (WSO), are everyday people leading everyday lives, but around 85% of them will have risk factors which, if identified, are preventable.
 
There are now more than one million strokes per year in Europe, and stro…
 

ASE-EAE to issue Guidelines for the echocardiographic evaluation of cancer patients

Thursday 20th October 2011: The European Association of Echocardiography (EAE) has announced that it is working together with the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) to issue joint recommendations on the usefulness of serial echocardiographic evaluations and the potential impact of more advanced ultrasound technologies (in particular Speckle Tracking Echocardiography) in patients undergoing cancer therapy.
 
"Considering that the early detection of cardio toxicity is a critical issue for patients undergoing chem…
 

Telemedical ECG Tests Would Save the NHS £120 Million Per Year and Cut Unnecessary Frequent Flyer Hospital Visits

Tuesday 11th October 2011: Telemedical ECG testing in GP surgeries could cut hundreds of thousands of unnecessary emergency hospital admissions, A&E attendances and referrals to outpatient clinics, saving the NHS over £120 million each year, according to leading cardiac telemedical service provider Broomwell Healthwatch.
 
Broomwell's service enables fast, accurate diagnosis of heart problems by telephone, allowing patients to receive a full 12-lead ECG test at their local GP surgery in minutes. This eliminates cardi…
 

Sildenafil appears safe and effective for Eisenmenger syndrome

Friday 23rd September 2011 : Eisenmenger syndrome, a shunt-related congenital heart defect which leads to pulmonary hypertension, and resulting cyanosis.  Because of the nature of the disruption caused to the circulatory system and the systemic-to-pulmonary communication, the use of circulatory medication needs special attention.  Sildenafil is one example of this; it has been shown to be both effective and safe for idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension, and for pulmonary arterial hypertension due to connecti…
 

Use CT perfusion criteria for intra-arterial treatment

Monday 19th September 2011 : Time is of the essence when it comes to stroke treatment. But a new image guided technique could help shift the criterion from one that is determined by how long after the start of symptoms a patient receives medical care, suggests a small US study published online in the Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery.
 
Whilst traditional treatment in acute ischemic stroke is based on time criteria when administering intravenous and intra-arterial therapies, recent evidence suggests that image-based…
 

Chocolate slashes heart disease by a third

Monday 29th August 2011: Although it's not likely to turn on in the health food aisle any time soon, a study in the British Medical Journal today discloses the sweet truth that the brown blocks not only help you avoid stroke (29% cut), but actually cut your risk of heart disease by a whopping 37%!
 
The researchers, combining studies from a number of sources to get an 'overall picture', found that the "highest levels of chocolate consumption were associated with a 37% reduction in cardiovascular disease and a 29% red…
 

Don't pass the salt: experts call for salt cutbacks

Thursday 11th August 2011 : Salt is proverbally good, yet high levels of salt consumption throughout the world have turned our favourite seasoning into a veritable health risk. Further, it is a problem which seems to be spreading - experts writing at the BMJ today cite a growth in salt use which occurs in parallel to the expansion of a global food economony. It's not just processed foods which are being introduced to new markets and seeing rapid growth outside their traditional western economies, but also the addition of s…
 

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