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Unhappy childhood heart risk link
1 February 2013 Last updated at 21:26 ET Emotional behaviour in childhood may be linked with heart disease in middle age, especially in women, research suggests. A study found being prone to distress at the age of seven was associated with a significantly higher risk of cardiovascular disease in later life. Conversely children who were better at paying attention and staying focused had reduced heart risk when older.
Antidepressant heart risk confirmed
30 January 2013 Last updated at 02:51 ET Some but not all antidepressant drugs known as SSRIs pose a very small but serious heart risk, say researchers. Citalopram and escitalopram, which fall into this drug group, can trigger a heart rhythm disturbance, a new study in the British Medical Journal shows. UK and US regulators have already warned doctors to be extra careful about which patients they prescribe these medicines to
Antidepressant heart risk confirmed
30 January 2013 Last updated at 02:51 ET Some but not all antidepressant drugs known as SSRIs pose a very small but serious heart risk, say researchers. Citalopram and escitalopram, which fall into this drug group, can trigger a heart rhythm disturbance, a new study in the British Medical Journal shows. UK and US regulators have already warned doctors to be extra careful about which patients they prescribe these medicines to
Cold homes ‘costing NHS £1.36bn’
21 November 2012 Last updated at 21:20 ET Illnesses related to living in a cold home cost the NHS £1.36bn every year, a report by Age UK suggests. And the charity says thousands of older people are dying prematurely due to the health effects of living in the cold.
Muscular teens ‘live for longer’
20 November 2012 Last updated at 21:13 ET By Michelle Roberts Health editor, BBC News website How muscular you are as a teenager may predict how long you live, at least if you are a man. Swedish experts who tracked more than a million teenage boys for 24 years found those with low muscle strength – weaker leg and arm muscles and a limp grip – were at increased risk of early death.
Heartbeat ‘could power pacemaker’
4 November 2012 Last updated at 23:02 ET A device which could harness energy from a beating heart can produce enough electricity to keep a pacemaker running, according to US researchers. Repeated operations are currently needed to replace batteries in pacemakers.
Breakthrough could help sufferers of fatal lung disease
ScienceDaily (Oct. 14, 2012) Pioneering research conducted by the University of Sheffield is paving the way for new treatments which could benefit patients suffering from the fatal lung disease pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH)
Smokers in ‘mass quit’ attempt
1 October 2012 Last updated at 07:22 ET Smokers are being asked to give up smoking for 28 days from 1 October in the first mass quit attempt. Stoptober, backed by Cancer Research UK and the British Heart Foundation, hopes a united effort will help many of England’s eight million smokers to quit successfully. Research shows people who stop smoking for 28 days are five times more likely to stay smoke-free.
More heart patients staying out of hospital thanks to telemonitoring
ScienceDaily (Sep. 26, 2012) The use of telemonitoring for cardiac patients is increasing – despite mixed evidence as to how effective it really is. Remotely monitoring patients’ vital signs is a more popular practice in some parts of the UK than others and researchers have called for more studies on its efficacy.
Heart failure is ‘like drowning’
23 September 2012 Last updated at 20:08 ET Severe heart failure can cause the lungs to fill with fluid, leaving people feeling like they are drowning, says a new campaign by the British Heart Foundation.
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