Health
Are eggs good for you or not?
The egg is standard breakfast fare, but many people may be wondering whether eggs are healthy.
Aug 16, 2018
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Cardiology
Keyhole may trump robotic surgery for mitral valve repair
Keyhole surgery for heart valve repair may trump robotic surgery, because it is associated with lower rates of subsequent heart flutter and blood transfusions, and a shorter hospital stay, reveals research looking at the ...
Jun 18, 2018
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Cardiology
Marriage may protect against heart disease / stroke and associated risk of death
Marriage may protect against the development of heart disease/stroke as well as influencing who is more likely to die of it, suggests a pooled analysis of the available data, published online in the journal Heart.
Jun 18, 2018
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Health
Ditching the car may reduce your risk of dying from heart disease and stroke by almost a third
Swapping your car for more physically active forms of travel may reduce your risk of heart disease, stroke and premature death, our latest research shows. Walking, cycling and even using public transport are all more physically ...
May 22, 2018
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Health
Avoiding the car for travel could significantly lower risk of illness and death
People who are more active when commuting to work by walking or cycling could be cutting their relative risk of developing ischaemic heart disease or stroke by 11% and their relative risk of dying from these diseases by 30%, ...
May 21, 2018
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Cardiology
Daily egg consumption may reduce cardiovascular disease
People who consume an egg a day could significantly reduce their risk of cardiovascular diseases compared with eating no eggs, suggests a study carried out in China, published in the journal Heart.
May 21, 2018
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Cardiology
Regular nut intake linked to lower risk of heart rhythm irregularity (atrial fibrillation)
Eating several servings of nuts every week may help lower the risk of developing the heart rhythm irregularity, atrial fibrillation, also known as heart flutter, finds research published online in the journal Heart.
Apr 16, 2018
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Cardiology
Known risk factors largely explain links between loneliness and first time heart disease / stroke
Conventional risk factors largely explain the links observed between loneliness/social isolation and first time heart disease/stroke, finds the largest study of its kind published online in the journal Heart.
Mar 26, 2018
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Cardiology
Ethnic differences in need for heart pacemakers may have genetic link
A team of researchers at the NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC), UK, has found evidence to show that South Asian people (from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka) are less likely to require a pacemaker ...
Mar 1, 2018
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Cardiology
Starting periods before age of 12 linked to heightened risk of heart disease and stroke
Starting periods early—before the age of 12—is linked to a heightened risk of heart disease and stroke in later life, suggests an analysis of data from the UK Biobank study, published online in the journal Heart.
Jan 15, 2018
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