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Doctors launch new tool to measure your 'heart age'
Doctors launch new tool to measure your 'heart age'
Heart and lungs

“People are being urged to find out their "true" heart age in order to cut the risk of heart attacks and strokes,” BBC News reports. Doctors have put together a new risk calculator called JBS3 that can tell you the real “age” of your heart…

Published date 21 August 2017
'Bear bile' chemical studied for irregular hearts
'Bear bile' chemical studied for irregular hearts
Heart and lungs

“Bear bile could help prevent arrhythmia in heart attack sufferers,” reported the Daily Mail. This headline is based on a laboratory study investigating the effects of bile acid on the electrical signals of...

Published date 21 August 2017
High blood sugar levels linked to stroke severity
High blood sugar levels linked to stroke severity
Heart and lungs

“One reason why people with diabetes can suffer more damage during strokes has been discovered,” reported BBC News. It said a study has found that elevated sugar levels are linked to “at least one in ten strokes”...

Published date 21 August 2017
Benefits of statins 'outweigh diabetes risk'
Benefits of statins 'outweigh diabetes risk'
Heart and lungs

“Statins increase risk of diabetes but benefits are still worth it, say experts,” The Guardian reports. A large study found the medication lead to a modest increase in weight and subsequent diabetes risk…

Published date 21 August 2017
Flu research may lead to universal vaccine
Flu research may lead to universal vaccine
Heart and lungs

"Scientists say they have made a significant leap towards creating a vaccine that would protect against every form of flu," is the exciting news on the BBC website. It goes on to say that researchers have identified immune cells that…

Published date 21 August 2017
Poverty, height and lung disease
Poverty, height and lung disease
Heart and lungs

“People who develop chronic lung disease are more likely to be shorter in height than the general population,” BBC News reported. This story is based on a study

Published date 21 August 2017
Saturated fats and heart disease link 'unproven'
Saturated fats and heart disease link 'unproven'
Heart and lungs

“No link found between saturated fat and heart disease,” The Daily Telegraph reports. Researchers have looked at large amounts of data and say they have found no significant link between saturated fat and heart disease.

Published date 21 August 2017
Do diesel fumes raise heart risk?
Do diesel fumes raise heart risk?
Heart and lungs

The Daily Mail reported today that "diesel fumes increase the risk of heart attacks". The news story is of a small trial in 16 healthy young men. The men carried out exercise in a purpose-built chamber while...

Published date 21 August 2017
Will a cholesterol-busting vaccine work for humans?
Will a cholesterol-busting vaccine work for humans?
Heart and lungs

"Could a vaccine replace the need for daily statins?" asks the Mail Online. An experimental vaccine has been found to lower low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol in a small number of mice and macaque monkeys, but has not yet been tested in humans...

Published date 21 August 2017
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