The Tobacco and Vapes Act has now passed through Parliament and become law. The new legislation will ban tobacco sales to ...

Checking blood pressure daily at home could cut the risk of a future heart attack or stroke for new mothers who had high ...

A new study has revealed how short term and five-year mortality are varied for two different treatments for coronary artery ...

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What are anti-arrhythmic medicines? Anti-arrhythmic medicines are used to treat abnormal heart rhythms (arrhythmias). Abnormal heart rhythms mean your heart is beating too fast, too slow or it misses ...

Why do I feel chest pain while exercising? Angina is a pain or discomfort in the chest, upper back, arm or jaw due to reduced blood flow to the heart. It’s usually caused by coronary heart disease, ...

The average Brit will consume 7,560 chocolate bars, 2,268 slices of chocolate cake and 8,316 chocolate biscuits in a lifetime. A survey of 2,000 adults found the average person could also indulge ...

1. It’s a silent killer. If you have high blood pressure, you may not even know about it - that's why high blood pressure is often called the ‘silent killer’. There are rarely any signs or symptoms, ...

Andrew Scard, cardiac rehabilitation specialist for Aneurin Bevan University Health Board, says that gentle exercises can help ease back pain and stiffness, while also increasing your strength and ...

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Stark new figures for cardiac arrests in England revealed that only around eight per cent of patients survived 30 days after a cardiac arrest during 2022 – a decrease from the previous year. Ambulance ...