Practices should check for heart valve disease during flu jab visit, say GPSIs
GPs should use flu jab clinics as an opportunity to screen elderly patients for heart valve disease ...
GPs should not be pressured into prescribing against patients' wishes, warns GPC
GP leaders have hit back against claims that uptake of NICE guidance on AF was 'not good enough' ove...
NICE guidance confirms U-turn over 10% statin threshold for GPs
Patients with a 10% cardiovascular risk should not automatically be prescribed statins, according to...
GPs should focus on lifestyle factors to cut heart disease deaths in women
GPs should take a different tactic to tackle cardiovascular disease (CVD) in women than men, experts...
NHS Health Check uptake falls again after showing some improvement
Uptake for the NHS Health Check for the first quarter of 2015/16 has fallen to just 44%, despite rea...
Weak grip can predict heart attacks, researchers find
The strength of a patient's grip is a better indicator of heart problems than BP, researchers have s...
COPD patients face 34% higher risk of sudden cardiac death
Patients with COPD are a third more likely to suffer sudden cardiac death, with risk rising in propo...
Treat sleep apnoea to cut down on AF risk, say researchers
Treating sleep apnoea patients with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy could help su...
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